Burkart Piccolo Professional

The Burkart Professional piccolo is hand-crafted in the Boston area workshop that produces the world renowned Burkart Elite piccolos. The Professional model was formally known simply as the Burkart & Phelan piccolo. Each Burkart Professional piccolo is crafted with the following features:

• aged Grenadilla wood headjoint and body
• Sterling silver mechanism
• Split-E Mechanism
• gold springs
• Burkart scale
• choice of headjoint style: Clarion, Burkart, or Wave

Headjoint Styles

Burkart - The rectangular shape of this embouchure is slightly overcut at the sides of the embouchure hole for an open, "flute-like" sound that blends well in ensembles. A most flexible headjoint style, it can be pushed to the extremes of fortissimo high notes without being shrill, and can produce a colorful, sustained diminuendo.

Clarion - This relatively small embouchure hole, with modest rounding of the edges, is reminiscent of early French and German piccolos. The tone it produces is very focused and sweet. For players using a small aperture when playing, it will have the most stable, clear tone of the various headjoint styles. Also available in Sterling silver.

Wave - The headjoint profile is carved with a slightly higher front wall (the blowing edge) and lower back wall against which the chin rests. It produces a very rich, clean, projecting tone, with easy control of dynamics. The low register is very focused, enabling good projection and articulation.

Mancke - Mancke headjoints are now available on Burkart flutes and piccolos. Please call for availability and price.