Can anyone post any soundclips of themselves playing the Sankyo NRS 1 headjoint (Sterling Silver) if you hapenn to have one, I want to hear what it sounds like before I try if myself. Does anyone know if Fluteworld or some other website has the NRS1 for trial?

You mean you want to hear what each person sounds like? Different players will sound differently on the same headjoint. That's not a good way to choose a headjoint...YOU have to play it..

Joe B

Joe is right, you need to try it yourself. If we all sounded the same on a headjoint that would be pretty boring. Flute World does have them and they will send you one on a trial just give them a call.

Thanks for the advice. Sorry I made it unclear. "I want to hear what it sounds like before I try if myself." I was trying to say I am going to try one soon, but I just wanted some input on how they play like.

but Joe is still right, we all play a bit differently from one another, you need to play it...

right you are Joe

Thanks everyone. I'm planning on trying out the NRS1 from fluteworld during my Feb. break in a few weeks. Hopefully I'll have some comments on it soon.

I used to own one and can comment on it. It was a very nice headjoints but it has a slight wave to the lip plate that would make me want to roll in. I was using it on an American made body (Powell) and it threw off the intonation a bit. When using it on a Yamaha I did not have this problem with it though. For me, it had a nice sweeter more direct sound to it. After trying other headjoint (particularly a Williams and Nagahara) I realized that it just didn't have the colors and dept to it like I wanted, so I later sold it. I admit I am a bit of a headjoint junky, but for the past year I have been so happy with the two that I have now that I haven't wanted to try much of anything else. I was going to try and sell one of them, but I like both so much that I can't bring myself to part with one.

I do have a recording of me playing on the NRS1 if you would like to hear how it sounded with me playing it. Of course it will sound and react differently on different model bodies.

What flute will you be matching it up with? What kind of sound are you looking for? Sweet? Aggressive? Dark? Bright? Low medium or high resistance? Being that I am such a flute and headjoint junky I have tried A LOT of them, so I may be able to help you narrow it down on more of the style that you may be looking for. Let me know if I can help at all.

One place you should definitely contact is JL Smith. They don't sell Sankyo, but they have a very nice selection of new and used flute heads and will ship several of them out to you for trial. Talk to Liz, she will set you up with what you are looking for and is great at matching up the head that would suite what you are looking for best. She is great at that!

Another place that does carry Sankyo is the Flute Center of NY. Phil will set you up with whatever you would like to try.
He also carries used flute heads.

Hope that helps and you find what you are looking for.

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If you are going to try out the NRS1 then you might consider also trying the newer one by Sankyo which is the FT. I really liked that one. It was a tad darker in sound then the NRS1. Also, here are some pictures of the style of heads by Sankyo. The FT is not listed on there though.

http://www.flute4u.com/Sankyoheads.html

Thanks. I think i'm gonna try the FT too after reading about it.

I'll be pairing it with a Pearl Quantz 765 body, I want a sweet sound, but I don't want to go too sweet with it, and a big and dark low register. And I tend to use a lot of air too. Thanks