Full Circle Louis Lot Wooden Headjoint

Full Circle Wooden Louis Lot Flute Headjoint

Full Circle Louis Lot Wooden Flute Headjoint

Headjoint, stopper stick, case

(Note 0.016 tennon is 0.780 outside diameter - just slightly too large for for Jupiter 711-II, wants 0.777 headjoint. )

This is a really fine headjoint. The workmanship is first class. The wood is hard and has very fine grain so the headjoint is smooth and the embouchure cut is clean. The Louis Lot cut seems accurate to printed literature. It is an oval with no over cut and no lip plate.

Getting centered on the embouchure took a little getting used to, but became automatic within a few days. The tone is very nice from low C(4) to high C(7). It is not a baroque wood flute sound, but it is more refined than my metal hj. My metal hj sounds a little harsh after playing the wood hj. This wood hj, with Louis Lot cut, has a sweetness to the sound in the upper register, and is a little darker, or less complex, in the lower register than my metal headjoint. There is still some reedy texture in the lowest notes with the wood hj; that is not lost.

The low C is strong although a bit more sensitive to embouchure than my Jupiter 711 headjoint. The high E is also more finicky, at first, than my 711 hj, but after a few days it was just as solid as on my 711 hj. It is possible to play much quieter on this headjoint than my metal 711 hj, and it is surprising how loud the Full Circle Louis Lot headjoint can be played.

I am a fourth year (adult) flute student, working in Rubank Advanced v1, and on Bach Siciliano (1031). The wood hj is no harder in octaves, and slurs up or down than my metal hj, but after an hour of wood, my tone and control on the metal hj is also improved. The resistance is very similar to my metal 711 hj. I do not notice any dramatic increase or decrease in my phrase lengths or the amount of air (not) left for the final notes at the end of my three octave up/down scales.

Embouchure