Yamaha YFH-8310 ZG 02 Flugelhorn

The YFH8310ZG has an amazing warm and rich tone while still being very responsive. The finish and workmanship are flawless. I was quite surprised by how light the instrument is. The provided mouthpiece produces a nice sound buy I prefer the Denis Wick 4FL it produces a richer and more mellow sound.
I've read many negative comments about the valve cap screw thread but personally I'm not finding any issue with this, it doesn't feel any different from the other horns that I have - although because of the bottom sprung construction I find it helpful to keep the valves pressed down half-way while screwing the cap.
The case is beautiful and robust, the only thing I don't like about it is that when stored horizontally, the valves are tilted downwards.

The horn is small and very light. Maybe too light. The sound is ok, round, focused with relatively good intonation but It’s not deep enough for my taste and understanding of what a flugelhorn should sound like. It Lacks some character too. The valves are not bouncy and not fast enough. The springs in the bottom of the valves are a terrible idea. It feels like the valves don’t support the fingers well enough. You have to work harder to get the result and the pads under the valves buttons instead of the traditional rubber on the caps, are also annoying. I bought it without trying due to lots of good feedbacks. It is a good horn overall but I recommend to play It before buying.