MANCKE Flute Headjoint | Grenadilla

MANCKE is a leader in designing and building flute and piccolo headjoints in precious metals and woods and their combinations. MANCKE superior headjoints are played worldwide by renowned soloists, orchestral players, professors, and conservatory students.

STANDARD WALL HEADJOINT

MANCKE standard size wooden headjoints fit Powell and Yamaha wood flutes and pair well with most metal flutes. MANCKE wooden headjoints offer the beautifully warm and intimate sound of wooden flutes with the projection, response and control characteristic of all MANCKE headjoints. Response and resistance are finely balanced to make a wide range of dynamics possible, allowing for flexibility and reliable response. MANCKE selects and ages the woods used for headjoints very carefully to ensure uniformity, reliability, and durability.

All MANCKE headjoints share a consistency of superb workmanship. MANCKE headjoints are designed to project to the fullest extent and at every dynamic with a wide range of colour potential and depth of sound. Contrary to common belief, these wooden headjoints have strong low notes, resonant high notes and project similarly to the metal headjoints. Each model exemplifies the signature qualities of the MANCKE experience – unparalleled responsiveness, control, flexibility, and resonance.

Our wide range of innovative models and combinations of materials offer each flutist the possibility to realise his/her unique, personal sound ideal. They offer enhance potential for blending with other instruments and exploring the many nuances of the wood characteristics. Wood headjoints can be used for solo, chamber, or orchestral playing, from baroque to modern styles.

GRENADILLA HEADJOINT

Grenadilla wood feels consistent, incredibly stable, and very present. The Grenadilla wood vibrates beautifully, eliciting the characteristic warmth of the wood sound, along with a chime-like clarity of articulation. Grenadilla is a very durable wood and lends itself to a stable playing experience, making it one of the most common woods used on traditional wood flutes.

Grenadilla is native to dry areas of Africa. Its appearance is dark brown/black colour and tends to darken with age.

14K GOLD RISER

The 14K riser provides the characteristic warmth of gold, comfortable resistance, depth and complexity to the head joint’s overall sound. Articulation is more similar to the all metal head joint.

14K GOLD TENON

The 14K gold tenon enhances the tone quality adding an additional level of resistance and vibrating qualities. The gold tenon also fits gold flute barrels, whereas the silver tenons do not.