Yamaha flutes have earned a reputation for exceptional quality, design, performance and consistency, thanks to the craftsmanship of their brass and woodwind workshops.To aid new flautists, Yamaha's Student flutes are designed and shaped to encourage best-technique, as well as offering superb playability. The lip plate is designed to guide beginners toward proper breath utilisation and keys are designed with extensively tested dimensions and angles for optimum balance and easy playability. These and other details are some of the reasons why Yamaha's Student flutes have become bestsellers worldwide. The YFL-272 features ring keys, an offset G key and has a Split-E mechanism. This is the standard edition with a silver-plated nickel silver headjoint and lip plate. Student model, Nickel silver headjoint, body & foot , silver plated. Open holes encourage good hand position, and the added E mechanism makes top E easier to play. Going straight from a flute with covered keys to open holes can take some time. Our 272 flutes come with foam pads so that you don’t have to go from 0-100 if you don’t want to. This means you can cut down gradually, starting with the pads for index fingers and perhaps leaving the G and D enabling pads on until you get used to it.