boehm flute + wooden headjoint

michael_coleman · Post by **michael_coleman** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:39 pm

Best wooden flute headjoint makers for boehm flutes? Good ones? Cheap ones any personal experience would be best. I searched and can't seem to find it very easily.

Jon C. · Post by **Jon C.** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:13 pm

michael_coleman wrote:Best wooden flute headjoint makers for boehm flutes? Good ones? Cheap ones any personal experience would be best. I searched and can't seem to find it very easily.

Robert Bigio

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:51 pm

Check Mark Hoza flutes here

I know that Glauber used a Mark Hoza wooden headjoint for his recent CD that he mentioned here on C & F.

tin tin · Post by **tin tin** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:55 pm

Here's a pretty exhaustive list of makers:
http://www.larrykrantz.com/woodmake.htm

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:08 pm

Chris Abell.

Although he ain't cheap....

tin tin · Post by **tin tin** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:13 pm

Although he ain't cheap....

Cheap, no, but $800-$1200 is pretty much the going rate for a good wood headjoint.

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:27 pm

True. And they are good. I'm pretty sure that's what Brian McCoy ended up getting for his Boehm flute.

Dana · Post by **Dana** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:21 pm

Abell's headjoints are excellent. I recently played a couple Peter Noy heads, and they were really nice. Neither are cheap.

What sort of sound are you aiming for? A wood headjoint adds warmth and complexity to the sound of a silver Boehm flute, but the combination sounds nothing like a conical-bore Irish flute.

Dana

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:00 pm

I find the cheap ones to be not very good. I am also not fond of Robert Bigio's,

My favorite three were made by Powell, Peter Noy (<--by far, the prettiest and best-finished) and Chris Abell.

mcdafydd · Post by **mcdafydd** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:27 pm

Maurice Reviol states that he is making wooden headjoints for Boehm flutes as well. It could be another reasonably priced alternative but he doesn't have these prices listed yet.

http://www.reviol.co.nz/

michael_coleman · Post by **michael_coleman** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:48 pm

I had someone come by my office at work and saw the black and white pictures of people playing Irish flutes on my walls and she said she has always wanted to play Irish flute, but she plays boehm flutes. I suggested to contact Jon (since I love my flute made by him), but I also said there were others who made wooden headjoints for boehm flutes and that might be a route for her to go down. Does a wooden headjoint make that much of a difference to the sound of the flute?

Jon C. · Post by **Jon C.** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:12 pm

michael_coleman wrote:I had someone come by my office at work and saw the black and white pictures of people playing Irish flutes on my walls and she said she has always wanted to play Irish flute, but she plays boehm flutes. I suggested to contact Jon (since I love my flute made by him), but I also said there were others who made wooden headjoints for boehm flutes and that might be a route for her to go down. Does a wooden headjoint make that much of a difference to the sound of the flute?

I was worried that you might have gone over to the dark side! This talk of Boehm flutes and all...

Micheal, you will have to come by sometime and play all my antique flutes...

chas · Post by **chas** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:45 am

Your friend might want to get in touch with Peter Noy. He sometimes has headjoints that he's willing to send out for a person to try. The danger in this for a Boehm player is that she might be wowed by the modern-cut head, which won't lend as much wooden character to a silver flute as a Rudall or Pratten cut, but will be much easier for her to play.

dcopley · Post by **dcopley** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:47 am

Cathy Wilde wrote:True. And they are good. I'm pretty sure that's what Brian McCoy ended up getting for his Boehm flute.

Brian is playing a prototype wood headjoint that I have been working with him on and is still a work in progress. The issues raised by Dana and Chas are very interesting - a lot depends on the cut of the embouchure hole and whether you want the flute to sound and feel more like a modern Boehm flute or more "old-style" with a classical embouchure.

Dave Copley
Loveland Ohio

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:10 am

OK, where's the emoticon for 'DOH!, a thousand times DOH!' I'm very sorry, David -- a million apologies for my mistake, and thank you for correcting me. FWIW, though I forgot who made it, Brian sure did seem happy with it in St. Louis -- and I thought sounded great!

And on the plus side ... Michael, I bet Dave's yer man for this (if he's interested, that is

)

Again, I'm so sorry. Sheesh. What a neuron am I!!!!!

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