Chiff and Fipple Forums

How are you making these “biocompatible?” I explored resin as a final material for my line of whistles but ultimately have opted for laser-sintered nylon for its safety. From my time in biotech I dunno if a thin (presumably painted-on) coating should be advertised as biocompatible unless you can sh...

Questions: do you plan on offering a straight model or a decorative "tenor sax" bend model? Also, does the Ⅎ liphead need to fitted to the flute? (Or are all flute bodies the same I.D.? Also, any plans for piccolo mouthpieces or for other size ɟ lutes? Can the Ⅎ liphead mouthpiece be rota...

Hi all! Thx for your replies! Yes, intonation is a topic. I worked a lot on different chamber sizes, chamber designs and tube diameters to come to the final model which is very well in tune. Up to this point I produced way over 250 prototypes in many different materials. About the pricing: Well, it'...

Hi all! I´m new to this forum. I'm a sax-player mostly, but also double on many other instruments. A few years ago Martin Niethammer gave me one of his Fipple Heads for Boehm-Flute and I have been using it on lots of recordings over the last years. Due to Corona I finally took the time to develop th...