Why Professional Flutists Keep Changing Headjoints!

Why Professional Flutists Keep Changing Headjoints! This is the story of why serious flutists keep trying new headjoints, and what science says about whether the difference is really in the sound. A headjoint is the top section of a flute, the part you blow across, and it can cost as much as an entire professional flute. Over the next twelve minutes we'll follow where the headjoint came from, who shaped it, and why players switch, along with the reason a group of scientists say listeners can't hear what players swear they feel.