AZUMI Z2 Sterling Silver ALTUS Headjoint Flute (AZ2)
The headjoint design is one of the most important elements in determining a flute´s tone. The significance of the headjoint inspired the founder of AZUMI flutes, Shuichi Tanaka, to produce a handmade headjoint combined with a flute body that is affordable yet of high production quality.
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AZUMI flutes with ALTUS Z-Cut headjoint
Easy articulation, powerful sound and precise focus of tone
Z2 - Sterling silver head joint flutes
The tonal character of this series is supported by the use of 925 sterling silver for the head joint, lip plate and riser.
Open holes and a wider range of tones
The AZUMI AZZ2RBE comes with an ALTUS Z-Cut Sterling silver (925) headjoint for easy articulation, powerful and precise focus of tone. The French pointed key-arms are giving increased stability to the mechanism. Open holes allow numerous additional handles and effects like glissando, multiphonics, and microtones. The body of the flute is made of silver-plated nickel silver and it is pitched in 442 Hz. The flute has an offset G and a B-foot joint.
Experience the fascinating tone of an AZUMI with a handmade ALTUS headjoint.
The headjoint design is one of the most important elements for the characteristic of a flute´s tone. The significance of the headjoint inspired the founder of AZUMI flutes - Shuichi Tanaka to produce a handmade headjoint combined with a flute body that is affordable, yet of high production quality.
His vision was to make this exceptional combination of handmade design and affordability available to both beginners and advanced flute players.
With this vision the AZUMI flute series was born – to satisfy the different demands of the beginner and the advanced musician. Experience the uniqueness of the AZUMI flutes.
The handmade headjoints, produced by ALTUS for AZUMI, are the result of a lifetime of passionate and devoted work carried out with utmost care and attention, with each headjoint manufactured by hand to Tanaka's exacting specifications. Each fine detail is perfected until the headjoint and body form a unique tonal unity.
Headjoint
ALTUS Handmade Z-Cut
Head joint: sterling silver (925)
Lip-plate: sterling silver (925)
Riser: sterling silver (925)
Mechanism
Silver-plated nickelsilver
French pointed key-arms
Open holes
B-Foot
Headjoint: ALTUS Handmade Z-Cut, sterling silver (925)
Lip-plate: sterling silver (925)
Riser: sterling silver (925)
Body: silver-plated nickel silver
Mechanism: silver-plated nickel silver