![]() Once I realized this, I decided to manufacture only my ultra-thin model from then on in order to give my clients the very best. “But my ultra-thin headjoints with the permanent sterling silver sleeve were always the best and the ones always preferred by my clients. “When I started making headjoints, I made both thick and thinned headjoints with either a permanent or a removable tenon sleeve,” Mr. Novo compared the older and very common thick-wall wooden headjoint design with his new ultra-thin design focusing on tone, projection, response, intonation, tendency to crack, and other critical factors, and after taking everything into account, he decided to abandon the thick-wall design altogether and manufacture only his ultra-thin model due to its overall superiority. This “ultra-thin” design is the result of extensive research, meticulous testing, and plain old-fashioned hard work. ![]() Novo is credited with being the first maker to manufacture a wooden headjoint whose thinned wall is only 2 millimeters thick: a dimension not achieved before by any other maker. Although thinned wooden headjoints are certainly not new to the flute industry, Mr.
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