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Anyone in the states that custom modifies old flute headjoint embouchures and/or provides training in that?

Are the lipplate risers on the average flute thick enough to permit serious undercutting?

I'm interested in learning to do this and would like to practice on some old cadavers from the 'bay.

A bit slow I am, but I've come across this model and have read most if not all the older threads on it (none seem to be very recent). I've seen some anecdotal comments on vendor websites or ads suggesting this flute has been updated in some way since it first hit the market. Any of you playing this ...

Hi again all, many thanks for the comments. Interestingly, I had done the tenon-flick test and the Powell HJ responds with a dull thwunk whereas the nickel-silver HJ in my student Yamaha does indeedy ring like a bell. I noticed much the same effect when running a wooden cleaning rod through both (to...

Hi there fluteguy18, thanks for your take. Although I suppose the joint -could be- a knockoff of some kind, if it is, someone certainly put a lot of craftsmanship and effort into it. (Embouchure hole is heavily undercut.) I'm leaning toward it being a genuine Powell. As it's new, it hasn't been fit ...

Hi folks, hope this isn't a worn-out topic.... Just purchased a headjoint for my student Yamaha. It was described as a Powell Signature headjoint, and sports the Powell triangular logo halfway down the tubing, with a cursive-style "Verne Q Powell" signature just below that. However, nowhere on this ...

Most of the English threads in this range would be 1-72 or 0-80. The .4 and .35 sizes are probably the closest you are going to find. You could try a tapping a few washers and check them for fit since the old post threads may simply be buggered a bit from the years. If you can't find anything to ma...

Hi, new to this forum, tried the search and can't seem to find the info I need (though I wouldn't be surprised it is here somewhere....). I bought an old unplayable but complete closed-hole E.Roche French-made flute on the 'bay as a cadaver to practice my rebuilding skills (poor at the moment). The ...