I love my Skip Healy flute, but I once tried the mopane Casey Burns, and am thinking of purchasing one. I found it much easier to play. Any thoughts on the differences of these two flutes? Brian
I can’t say for the Healy, but I do know that I love my Burns flute, and people that have played it have liked it as well. Casey is also a great guy. I cracked my flute head two months ago, and he’s giving me a whole new headjoint.
Max
eedbjp, did you get a Healy flute with a modern embouchure or an oval shaped? I am really curious as to whether the CB embouchure is easier to play than a modern rectangular embouchure.
Well, I hear Skip is pretty tall so he might have some advantage… Oh, you’re asking about the flutes. I thought you were wondering who would win a fight. 
Cheers,
Aaron
Headwizer, my CB boxwood Rudall has an oval embouchure. I’m not sure if that’s the only type he offers, but my flute is very easy to play.
VERY easy, even for me, and I’m the pathetic specimen who was tossed out of music lessons on four different instruments by four different teachers, who all swore that I was musically inept. When it came time to pass out instruments for music class, I ended up with the triangle sans stick. I was told I would never be able to play a flute, because I had the wrong kind of lips. :roll:
So, I’m thinking that the CB embouchure, whatever shape it is, is easy to play.
I’m proof of it. Me and my unsuitable lips. 
Actually, I’m not sure it’s just the embouchure that matters. I think it may be the whole flute.
I hesitate to weigh in without any experience specifically with Healys, but I think the question is a little misplaced. What kind of embouchure is best for you depends on you. I had a couple of Peter Noy’s headjoints on loan for a week, one a Rudall cut, probably similar to Casey’s, the other a modern cut. They both had their strong points. Which one is “easier” to play would depend on many things, among them the player, what sort of embouchure you cut your teeth on, what kind of sound you’re after, etc. In the end I decided I preferred the Rudall cut. I learned on a couple of Rudall-style flutes, and I found it had a more traditional sound, with a few more overtones, possibly more room for changing the flavors of the sound.
I’m by no means an advanced player, but the Healy I’ve tried was very hard for me to play after playing mostly a Burns folk flute. I would say the healy emboucher is similar to a Hamilton. The folk flute and a Burns boxwood I’ve tried both have very ‘forgiving’ embouchers, but are slightly more difficult to get the second octave with.