Interesting image John, because this is my Melody flute which has the welded-on fipple as shown on the original booklet.

I bought it from an old 'geezer' who asserted that he made them. I 'may' have an old 35mm slide somewhere of the guy.


The booklet says 1952, so the original company existed at least that long....maybe the old guy was a former employee who kept making them,,,*shrug*