This headjoint’s clean and energetic sound is the perfect complement to our more classic styles. Supple yet responsive, it moves quickly throughout the range with little effort. Lumina: Powell's newest style of headjoint, the Lumina has style and panache.The result is a sound with qualities of both gold and silver - responsive and full. This is not plating or bonding, but equal layers of each metal.
This effectively produces a 'sleeve' of gold. Powell Handmade Conservatory models are lighter and offer less resistance than the comparable Handmade Custom model.Īurumite is a combination of silver and gold, two sheets of which are fused to produce an interlocking layer. The Powell 9k Aurumite Handmade Conservatory flute (previously the 3100) is a popular choice of flute with players who are looking for a richer, darker sound than the Silver Handmade Conservatory, whilst keeping the free-blowing and excellent projective attributes of the Powell sound.
The headjoint on this flute features an Aurumite 9K tube, Sterling Silver riser, 9K Rose Gold lip plate, and Sterling Silver Crown. This method results in a beautiful tone hole with a perfectly flat edge for the best pad seal. It features a pinless mechanism and our Modern Powell scale with drawn tone holes, made with our patented method for extruding tone holes. The evolution of our former 3100 model, the Aurumite 9K Conservatory has an exterior layer of 9K Rose Gold with an interior layer of Sterling Silver. Have you tried the Signature? Conservatory? Since there are two body options for the Conservatory, make sure to try the silver and the Aurunite 9k if you can! Also, we have links with additional specs on our website - click here for Signature and here for Conservatory.The Aurumite 9K Conservatory is one of the most celebrated and well-loved flutes in our catalog. That's all there is to it - just a few differences. Click here to read or previous post on adjustments, "Very Fine Adjustments." For Conservatory flutes, you have the option of a sterling silver or Aurumite 9k body.ģ) Mechanism - There is a pinned mechanism on the Signature and a pinless mechanism on the Conservatory.Ĥ) Adjustments - Signature flutes have adjusting screws, and Conservatory flutes have paper adjustments. The Powell Signature and Conservatory flutes are two of our most popular models, so we are often asked, "What is the difference between them?" There are just a few differences, so we wanted to help answer that question.įrom the "top down," the Signature and Conservatory flutes differ in the following ways:ġ) Headjoint - Signature flutes have a Signature headjoint, and Conservatory flutes have your choice of one of three Custom styles: Soloist, Philharmonic, VentiĢ) Body - Signature flutes have sterling silver bodies. Left to right: Silver and Aurumite 9k Handmade Conservatory flutes
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