You might check with a Yamaha dealer to see if they can get you a case for a YPC-62. The YPC-62 has a wood head so it might work if the Seaman head is not any bigger than than the Yamaha.

The part number should be: YAC PCC-62 (Sorry - don't know the price...)

Flute World has a Pro Picc case ($143.95):

I'd imagine that it would be slot of work to modify that case as you would have to recover the inside, but if you were to buy some more velure or velvet and some contact adessive as well as the case t is doable but you would probally want to nobly move thenblock rather then take it out completely as if you take it out you are sacrificing some of the protection

Maybe they ran out or something? If I were to get one of the piccolo cases made for the YPC-32, would my wooden headjoint fit in it? (I currently have the box-style black case with latches that Vito piccs come with)

i would assume so.
my yamaha ypc-62 fits in the generic yamaha replacement case i ordered from yamaha.
the case my piccolo was shipped in was broken.

"Maybe they ran out or something? If I were to get one of the piccolo cases made for the YPC-32, would my wooden headjoint fit in it? (I currently have the box-style black case with latches that Vito piccs come with)"


that was supposed to be quoted.

It's an eBay store, not a separate Web site:

http://stores.shop.ebay.com/The-Musical-Wheel__W0QQ_armrsZ1

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Sorry ... I see this URL was already supplied above!

I often order things from WWBW.com

they are very good and answer your questions...here are some links i found

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http://www.wwbw.com/Replacement-Cases-Plastic-Flute---Picc-Replacement-Case-471814-i1417790.wwbw

http://www.wwbw.com/DEG-C24-MP1-Piccolo-Case-540132-i1150939.wwbw

I'm surprised that the Seaman HJ fits on the Vito body.

My Zentner (same instrument as the Seaman, made in the same factory) HJ did not fit on my Yamaha 62. It was too far off even to be fitted with different cork. (A Burkart HJ did fit my Zentner, though it had to be re-corked b/c the HJ was too loose otherwise. Burkart was also way off from fitting the Yamaha 62.)

I'm going to guess that the Vito might be a copy of, rather than an exact match of, the Yamaha 32.

Oh, and your statement, "It's longer and fatter than the original headjoint" makes me suspicious that your upgrade headjoint is going to screw up the tuning on your Vito picc.

If the length from hj cork to where the body 'joins' (from an air-column point of view) is significantly different between piccolo hjs, you are altering the tuning on the instrument. This is going to have an effect similar to moving the hj cork. If it goes too far, you really mess with the scale of the instrument. It may be far enough off that you will be beyond the ability to pull out, or push in, the hj to tune the instrument.

IF the inside bore is enough different between the HJ and the instrument body, you will also create some interesting intonation problems with your new HJ.

I would measure the two hjs, as well as playing both against a tuner. You might be ok, but I suspect that you are going to 'finger and blow' something on the picc with your new hj that registers on the tuner as a completely different note than you are expecting- or at least be 40 or 50 cents sharp or flat.

Replacing the hj on a piccolo can be done, but unfortunately it is not as straightforward as replacing the hj on a flute. Eldred Spell makes custom piccolo hjs (or he used to) and he won't make them without your own picc body to start with, even if your instrument is something as common as a Yamaha 62 or a Gemeinhardt 4W.