Mancke Headjoints ?

liberace · Post by **liberace** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:52 am

Hello/

Does anyone here play Mancke Headjoints. I'm particularly interested in their two wooden lip plate models - hopefully for my Yamaha 371.

Any adavice much appreceited.

Liberace

pied_piper · Post by **pied_piper** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:34 pm

I don't own one, but I have tried several of the Mancke headjoints including one with the wooden embouchure plate. It definitely had a more "woody" sound to it. Not as much as a full wooden headjoint, but a lot less brilliant that silver or gold and close to the sound of a wood headjoint.