LANDTOMPerformers' Level/Professional Purple Bamboo Xiao Flute - (Right-Handed） (8 Hole F)

Flute is very well made. and it plays nice also. I've never had any flutes before so figuring out how to play it properly is a little bit of a learning curve, but when you finally do it right it sounds beautiful.

The xiao came very fast. It is beautiful and of high quality craftmanship; an instrument to be proud to own and learn to play. With regards to learning, the advice after sale on the LANDTOM web site was very fast and quite accurate; extremely helpful indeed. Overall the best experience there is. I highly recommend this company.

From the moment I removed this Dongxiao from its packaging, to the moment my ignorant lips pressed against it to make some kind of noise, I fell in love! Once I finally got it, the sound that this lovely bamboo flute makes is an unparalleled beauty.

The instrument came cracked and assembled in the wrong order. Whoever the previous owner of the used flute was basically broke it and I'm surprised no one even checked this item before sending it to me. The quality is really poor on this instrument. Buyers beware.

Wonderful sounding flute. Great price and quality.

Very long, sexy and beautifully made, a bargain for the price, absolutely.I'm loving playing this thing. you've got a steep learning curve making it sound at first, but once you get that down its fun to just go with the flow and play whatever. I have yet to try learning any real songs on it. I just play whatever I'm feeling like, and because it's keyed as long as you keep the 2nd holes from bottom and top closed they always sound good.-essentially Xiaos are keyed like Dizi but because of their length have a couple extra holes available for alternative tones. you can put tape on those extra holes if you want it to be keyed just like the Dizi.

I was pleasantly surprised that this rather inexpensive flute is high quality construction. It sounds good however I noticed that the fipple part that is the cut out you blow over is not perfectly cut nor is it 90 degrees to the center of the head joint, and it's also off center. These things affect the way it plays in some subtle but important ways. Based on how well this one sounds I ordered a professional concert Xiao from an on line site who has hand made instruments by well known makers. I still give this one 5 stars because for the money it's a very good value. At this price I can't expect a professional quality flute.