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Our silver underlip insert headjoints were developed in collaboration with Richard Craig. The initial idea was Richard's, with the aim of providing crisper articulation without losing any of the wood's sound. We sensed this would particularly benefit Boxwood and Mopane. The insert would also of give a sense of the silver's position under the lip. In fact we found the Grenadilla also moved to a new area of complexity. We sent two prototypes to Richard for his assessment, one in Boxwood, the other in Grenadilla.

We developed our latest S3 cut headjoints in collaboration with Richard Craig. The idea was to combine and build on the best elements of our classic and free-blowing cuts. Richard assessed a prototype in Grenadilla on both silver and wooden flutes.

A profile of Angus Harris, who learnt his craft at the Rudall Carte flute workshop and later joined Flutemaker's Guild.

This blog profiles British flutemaker, William Simmons, a craftsman, still hand-making silver Boehm-system flutes.