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Bass flute in C - 3; Cooper's primary contribution to flute making is the Cooper Scale, [2] where the position and size (opening) of the flute's tone holes have been accurately determined. This has been now universally adopted and is promoted by all the major flute makers, in particular the flute maker Brannen Brothers.
Schwedler was born in Hirschberg im Riesengebirge, Silesia (now in Poland) to August and Selma Schröter Schwedler. He expressed an interest in music at a young age; his mother bought him a two-keyed wooden flute along with a copy of Examples for Johann Joachim Quantz's On Playing the Flute at an estate sale and he took his first lessons from a former military musician. [3]
In 1993, Dr. Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space, brought her Haynes flute with her to space, making Haynes flutes the first flutes in space. [14] In November 2009, James Galway, world-renowned flutist, visited the company. Five years later, Haynes introduced a flute named after him: the Sir James Galway Model Q Series Flute. [15]
Gemeinhardt Co. is a manufacturer of flutes and piccolos. [1] These musical instruments are developed by this company for all levels of musicians, beginners to professionals
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Haynes established his flute-making shop, Wm S Haynes Co., in Boston. It remained in Boston until 2010, when it moved to Acton, Massachusetts. [1] [2] Haynes patented his distinctive flute design in 1914, and the company has since become a provider of silver and gold instruments to many of the world's most prominent orchestral, chamber and jazz ...
This flute was owned and played by the famous flutist William Kincaid until shortly before his death in 1967. In 1986 this flute was auctioned by Christie's for $170,000 plus $17,000 for the auction house fee, the highest price ever paid for a flute. The same flute was again put up for auction at Christie's in 2009 and sold for $37,500.