Headjoints for flute, alto flute and piccolo

I have developed my headjoints over many years to produce a rich, dark sound that blends well with other instruments yet is capable of enough power for solo playing. Most of my headjoints are made of wood (usually African Blackwood, but occasionally other woods), although I do also make headjoints in silver, gold and platinum. I have made wooden headjoints with silver or gold inserts in the embouchure, as well as silver and gold headjoints with wooden lip-plates. My thinned headjoints are made from one piece of wood, with the lip-plate carved by hand. I now make thinned wooden headjoints for alto flutes, and I continue to make wooden headjoints for piccolos. This is a gallery of photographs of some of my recent headjoints. (Scroll down for more pictures.)

Left to right: • Cocuswood (Brya ebenus) Very rare. Special order only. • Mopane (Colophospermum mopane) • African Blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon) • African Blackwood with silver insert

The lip-plate of a cocuswood headjoint

Gold embouchure insert (Silver is also available)

Detail of a thinned and fluted alto flute headjoint

Left: standard piccolo headjoint Right: detail of a thinned headjoint lip-plate

Prices (in pounds Sterling) Flute headjoint, African Blackwood, thinned 1500.00 Flute headjoint, Mopane, thinned 1500.00 Flute headjoint, Cocuswood POA Engine-decorated crowns, add 150.00 Fluted headjoint, add 350.00 Silver insert in embouchure, add 180.00 Please contact me for the price of a gold insert Silver lining to any flute headjoint, add 450.00 Silver flute headjoint 1500.00 Please contact me for the prices of gold or platinum headjoints or silver headjoints with gold or platinum lip-plates or risers Alto flute headjoint, African Blackwood, thinned 1650.00 Alto flute headjoint, African Blackwood, thinned and fluted 1950.00 Piccolo headjoint, African Blackwood 525.00 Piccolo headjoint, African Blackwood, thinned 600.00 Prices correct September 2021 E&OE Contact me: Robert@bigio.com Home

Top row Decorated crowns of different patterns for wooden headjoints Bottom row Engine-turned silver crowns