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Taiwan. Manufacturer of composite material flutes. Geoffrey Guo invented the material Grenaditte, which is used both in his instruments and Pearl piccolos. One of the few manufacturers of G Treble Flutes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Hammig, Bernhard. Germany.
The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, flutes are edge-blown aerophones. [1]
Personal life. Trevor Wyn Albert Hutton was born on January 25, 1923, to Albert and Doris Hutton, both flute players. He married Hazel Hutton (née Tolchard) on April 27, 1946, and they had three children: Judith, Graeme, and Andrew. Raised in Spreydon, Christchurch, Hutton attended Christchurch Normal School and West Christchurch High School.
Albert Cooper (flute maker) Albert Cooper (April 12, 1924 – January 25, 2011) [1] was a British flute maker who apprenticed at Rudall Carte until World War II. After discharge, he returned to Rudall Carte but left in 1959 and set himself up as flute maker.
Dana Sheridan is an American flute maker and master craftsman known for his handcrafted flutes and especially his flute headjoints. [1] Additionally, his flutes are noted for their "old-world craftsmanship and precise work." [2] Originally from the United States, Sheridan now lives and works in Cologne, Germany while maintaining another shop in ...
Signature. Johann Joachim Quantz (German: [kvants]; 30 January 1697 – 12 July 1773) was a German composer, flutist and flute maker of the late Baroque period. Much of his professional career was spent in the court of Frederick the Great. Quantz composed hundreds of flute sonatas and concertos, and wrote On Playing the Flute, an influential ...
Maximilian Schwedler (March 31, 1853 – January 16, 1940) was a German flutist, flute maker and music editor and historian. He was influential as Germany's last major advocate for the conical-bore flute, for which he made many improvements. In 1898 he received a patent for the Reformflöte "System Schwedler-Kruspe" (Modell 1898), also known as ...
His new flute was first displayed in 1851 at the London Exhibition. [3] In 1871 Boehm published Die Flöte und das Flötenspiel ("The Flute and Flute-Playing"), a treatise on the acoustical, technical and artistic characteristics of the Boehm system flute. [1] Boehm's experience as a goldsmith was a key factor in his ability to redesign the flute.