Description
Eva Kingma Solid Silver Flute Headjoint with 18K gold plating
This is a rare used/secondhand Eva Kingma solid silver flute headjoint with 18K gold plating. Eva Kingma is a reknowned Dutch flute maker. She studied with her uncle Dirk Kuiper is the 1970’s and took over the company in 1981. She has since become known all over the world for the ‘Kingma System’ having collaborated with Albert Cooper and Bick Brannen.
This particular headjoint would have likely been made in collaboration with Dirk Kuiper. Although not marked (as his generally were not), she has confirmed to me that this is one of her headjoints. It plays very easily with a solid and centred sound and the embouchure shape is not dissimilar to Albert Cooper. It came with a Pearl Maesta 22K gold plated flute and the combination was superb.
Like all headjoints, it is a personal choice and needs to suit the individual player. This headjoint however is a rarity as she did not make many for standard flutes. Her instruments are mainly low register Alto, Bass and Contra-Bass and variations of. It measures 20mm diameter and is just too tight for Altus and Muramatsu models that I have tried on. If you wish to try it then it cannot be re-sized or adjusted in a trial purchase period and so please be sure that you have a flute to test it on.
Features:
- Solid Silver handmade headjoint
- 18K gold plating
- Rare C flute headjoint
Other similar used flutes/secondhand flutes and used piccolos for sale include: Ian Mclaughlan Solid silver Headjoint – Nagahara flute headjoint with Blackwood lip – Muramatsu solid silver flute headjoint
