What are flute lips?
The embouchure on the flute itself is the hole in the head piece that we blow over to make sound and the lip plate that sits around it. Over the history of the flute, the shape and size of the embouchure has been experimented with and changed from round to oval, oblong to square, big and small.
What is the purpose of lip plate in flute?
Theobald Boehm-the pioneer of the metal flute-proposed adding the lip plate in order to make the instrument easier to play. The lip plate is a curved, oval-shaped metal plate, which is connected to the body of the flute by a component underneath it known as a riser. Does the piccolo resemble the flutes of old?