Own your sound:
Great flute performance is as much about personal touch as it is about fantastic technical ability. This Trevor James Virtuoso flute features a Voce 958 silver headjoint - available in all professional options - as well as a 925 silver body and footjoint tubes for a truly stunning instrument. It excels at delivering the subtleties of varied embouchures and tonal complexity, essential for you to add that all-important personal flare to your performances.
This flute features a B Footjoint. This is used to increase your flute’s range by one note to a low B. Adding a B foot to your flute increases its length and therefore changes its balance and weight, increases the resistance in the top resister and darkens the tone. It is a particularly useful feature when performing solo pieces and as part of an orchestra with a more demanding repertoire.
The combination of a Voce 958 Silver headjoint, 925 Silver body and 925 Silver footjoint tube results in a truly wonderful sound. With this precious metal fully enveloping the instrument – not just the headjoint – you can expect a genuinely noticeable difference in tone, and more mature timbre and, most importantly, an extremely even flow of air through the entire body of the flute. The Voce is wonderful headjoint, constructed using a higher silver content (95.84%), and offers many tonal colour options usually only found on much more expensive flutes!
Hand over-cutting and undercutting of the embouchure hole:
The embouchure hole is a very important component of any flute as it’s where air is initially blown into the tubing. If the embouchure hole is imperfect or uneven, the air cannot flow into the instrument smoothly which ultimately results in an imperfect and uneven tone. Many flute headjoints feature machine-produced embouchure holes which do not necessarily allow the flute to perform at its optimal level. Machine-production can leave rough and misshapen edges that mean flutes don’t sound their very best. A perfectly cut embouchure hole requires an expert eye and human hands to ‘over-cut and under-cut’ the exact angles, smooth any rough edges and fill-in any irregular shapes. The good news is that all Trevor James Virtuoso flutes feature hand over-cut and undercut embouchure holes. This extra attention to detail ensures that from the first time you blow into your new TJ Flute, you can be confident that every subtle nuance will be within your full control.
Headjoint crown options. Heavy-weighted engraved & Yellow Pear wood:
The crown plays a crucial role in the quality of the sound produced. It acts as a plug that seals the top end of the flute and directs air down the flute past the keys. A heavier weighted crown offers greater air resistance and therefore centres and focuses the airflow down the length of the flute more uniformly and efficiently - which results in a more resonant and responsive instrument. This is particularly important as your repertoire requires you to retain optimum tone when playing ever more tricky pieces. All Trevor Virtuoso flutes feature a heavy-weighted engraved crown as standard, plus the addition of a Yellow Pear wood crown for a wider array of sound possibilities.
French-style pointed key arm mechanism:
The key-arms are the parts of a flute which connect the keys to the body of the flute. Traditionally reserved for much more expensive flutes, French-style pointed key arms feature an arm that extends to the centre of the key and helps to strengthen the mechanism, making for a stronger and tighter key placement, which means no leaks and squeaks. These key arms also result in excellent note intonation; reward speedy playing; and aid the development of faster techniques - so you’ll be well-placed to take on those more challenging pieces. Each Trevor James Virtuoso Flute is crafted to exacting standards with the best components from around the world, with a final hand set-up in Trevor James' UK technical workshops based in Kent, south-east England.
