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2. Western concert flute - Wikipedia

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   Head joint – the top section of the flute, it has the tone hole/lip plate where the player initiates the sound by blowing air across the opening. Body – the middle section of the flute with the majority of the keys. Closed-hole – a fully covered finger key. Open-hole – a finger key with a perforated center.

3. List of flute makers - Wikipedia

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   Oleg Garbuzov died in 2022. His company no longer offers flutes, headjoints or flute-related products. No: No: No Olwell Flutes: USA: Father and son, Patrick and Aaron Olwell, makers of mainly Irish flutes: Yes: Yes: Yes Opperman: USA: Maker of piccolos, alto and bass flutes as well as C flutes and head joints, died 2016: No: Yes: No Oxley ...

4. List of musical instruments by Hornbostel–Sachs number: 421

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   421.111.2 Stopped single end-blown flutes – The lower end of the flute is closed. 421.111.21 Without fingerholes. 421.111.22 With fingerholes. 421.112 Sets of end-blown flutes or panpipes – Several end-blown flutes of different pitch are combined to form a single instrument. Diple; 421.112.1 Open panpipes.

5. William S. Haynes Flute Company - Wikipedia

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   In 1896, Haynes began to make a name for itself, producing the first American gold flute for Henry Jaeger, then the Principal Flutist of the US Marine Band. Two years later, in 1898, George Haynes patented his creation of the drawn tone hole design for the flute, perfecting the design in 1913. These innovations completely revolutionized flute ...

6. Tone hole - Wikipedia

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   A tone hole is an opening in the body of a wind instrument which, when alternately closed and opened, changes the pitch of the sound produced. Tone holes may serve specific purposes, such as a trill hole or register hole. A tone hole is, "in wind instruments[,] a hole that may be stopped by the finger, or a key, to change the pitch of the tone ...

7. Vessel flute - Wikipedia

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   A vessel flute is a type of flute with a body which acts as a Helmholtz resonator. The body is vessel-shaped, not tube- or cone-shaped; that is, the far end is closed. Most flutes have cylindrical or conical bore (examples: concert flute, shawm). Vessel flutes have more spherical hollow bodies.