Ordering Basics

Lillian Burkart Flute & Piccolo Headjoints
Please contact us at 978-425-4500 to discuss your order, including pricing and availability.

Burkart allows customers to try headjoints when considering an upgrade to their current flute or piccolo.
A flute or piccolo headjoints may be reserved with a 50% deposit, and the remainder must be paid within 60 days of the deposit. Reserved headjoints will be kept in our safe until payment is made in full.
We can accept Burkart financing, checks, wire transfer, Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover.
Instruments delivered in Massachusetts are subject to 6.25% sales tax.
Shipping and insurance charges are in addition to stated costs (including repairs and warranty work).

Your Lillian Burkart headjoint will be crafted under the watchful eyes of the company’s founders, Lillian Burkart and Jim Phelan.
The dynamic range and confidence which comes when playing on a Burkart headjoint.
Your headjoint purchase includes our 1 year cork warranty.
Piccolo headjoints include a 2 year warranty against cracking.

Due to limited production and extremely high cost, we cannot offer an exchange for 19.5K Gold and Platinum headjoints.
The customer is responsible for all trial fees.
The customer is responsible any additional cost for a more expensive headjoint.
Burkart will refund the difference for any less expensive headjoint.

If purchasing a headjoint with your flute, your 6 month flute headjoint exchange begins once your flute is shipped.
Once a headjoint has been fit to your flute or modified by engraving, the headjoint exchange period is concluded, and the headjoint exchange period is no longer applicable.
The headjoint exchange is only valid on flutes or flute headjoints sold directly by Burkart. Please contact your local dealer for their headjoint exchange policy.
This policy does not apply to custom order flute headjoints, which are considered final sales.

Due to limited production, we cannot offer an exchange for XXV Silver or XXV Gold piccolo headjoints.
The customer is responsible for all trial fees.
The customer is responsible for any additional cost for a more expensive headjoint.
Burkart will refund the difference for any less expensive headjoint.

If purchasing a headjoint with your piccolo, your 2 month piccolo headjoint exchange begins once your piccolo is shipped.
This headjoint exchange is only valid on piccolos or piccolo headjoints sold directly by Burkart. Please contact your local dealer for their headjoint exchange policy.

If you have a special request for a flute headjoint, please contact us to discuss.
Custom headjoint orders must be prepaid in full. No refunds will be given.
Custom headjoint orders may take anywhere from 60 to 120 days.
Burkart will make two headjoints for selection. Once the player has selected the preferred headjoint, the headjoint may be fit and/or engraved.
There are no exchanges for custom order flute headjoints.