Flute

Category:

• Woodwind

History:

• The modern flute was developed by German flute-maker Theobald Boehm.
• He placed holes in various positions to obtain certain notes

Materials it is made of:

• It is made of either nickel silver, silver, coin silver, Britannia silver, aurumite, gold, or platinum.

Famous Makers:

• Theobald Boehm (1794-1881)
• Wilhelm Liebel (1793-1871)
• Louis Lot (1807-96)

Famous Flutists:

• Louis Dorus (1812-1896)
• Claude-Paul Taffanel (1844-1908)
• Robert Dick (1950- )

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