a company dedicated to supporting makers at large in North
America as well as offering educational and informative materials
for flutists, makers and technicians involved in the flute trade.
Anatomy of the flute
Acoustics
FAQ courtesy of Joe Wolfe, the University of New South
Wales, Australia
he booking ledgers recorded every event that took place in Carnegie Hall’s various auditoriums and were used to schedule performances from 1955 to 2007.
designed by Istvan Matuz, improved by Julian Elvira. It can be
played as a regular Boehm flute, but it also enables
quarter-tones, multiphonics, and sound vocabularly of many types
of non-western flutes and flute-like instruments. Unfortunately
the link to British flutemaker, Stephen Wesse at the bottom of the
page is broken. (Checked 2014-11-29.).
From Amsterdam's leading concert hall. "This archive contains
all available programme data pertaining to concerts given by the
Concertgebouw Orchestra from its inception right up to the current
concert season." Unfortunately, apparently no program notes.
"All types of flutes are discussed here: Native American
Flute, Anasazi flute, Bansuri, Shakuhachi, Xiao, Di Zi, Quena,
Irish Flute, Ney, Kaval, Shinobue, Ryuteki, Fujara, Digeridoo,
Pan Pipes, Suling, Penny whistle, Recorder, Silver Flute,
Ocarina and more"
Ghanaese flutes
Atenteben
- "originally a three-holed bamboo flute, much like the
'wia', but in the 20th century, musicians added three more
holes in order to expand their range of notes"
The sound of longing - sound files, etc. (probably the
oldest pitched instrument known to man, is an oblique rim
blown reed flute with five finger holes in front and one thumb
hole in the back.)
De Fluitstudio is a flute shop in Amsterdam that offers repairs,
rentals and adaptations to accommodate those with disabilities.
The site includes links for "Flute Ergonomics".
Piobaireachd is an adjective to describe "that part of the
Highland bagpipe repertory known otherwise as ceòl mór (great
music) or a single item of that repertory." (Peter Cooke,
"Pibroch", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 31 October
2008), http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/
Comprised of music faculty members at Central Michigan
University. The link is to flutist Joanna White's page. The link at the top of the page to Central Michigan University
is broken.
“Photos of, descriptions of, and information about historical
European and American flutes from the renaissance to the 20th
century.” (from the web site)
