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Welcome to the
atelier
HEAD-JOINT
This is the place where the sound is produced, therefore the most important of all. Its construction is what will give the flute its unique quality and tuning. The core of our methods relies on the possibility of modeling the parable inside the head-joint, already mentioned by german luthier Theobald Böhm in 1871.
See head-jointsMATERIALS
Through this journey we have explored silver, of course, and then we started using copper for the tubes. Copper is a chilean material that gives us excellent features, both physical and acoustic. Its piano and forte response, the maintenance of the tone, jumps and staccatos, are truly remarcable on this particular material. That is the reason we keep copper in our catalog as a basic option.
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In 2005 Fernando Harms builds his first full flute. This was a process that lasted an approximate of 1 year and it consisted on a series of experimentations based on acoustic and mathematic studies he developed. This brought him to a final design and craft of a flute with an optimized tuning at all of its range.
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The Harms Atelier is placed at the city center in Santiago, Chile and performers, students and colleagues come visit almost daily to try head-joints, ask questions and chat. It’s a small and chaotic atelier, as any other. This place has a quiet vibe, distend work rhythm and where workers get the chance to develop great bonding around music and flutes.
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