List of flute makers
The following are flute makers who produce a wide variety of flutes Western concert flute from a wide variety of materials:
Maker | Country of origin | Comment description | Active | Flute maker | Head joint maker | Website | |
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Abell, Christopher | USA | Maker of wooden flutes | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.abellflute.com | |
Aihara | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | https://aiharaflute.jp | ||
Akiyama | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.akiyamaflute.com | ||
Allen, Michael J. | United Kingdom | Maker of handmade flutes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Almeida, Edward "Ed" | USA | Master craftsman. d. 1992 | No | Yes | No | ||
Altus | Japan | Well-known maker of high end flutes | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.altusflutes.com | |
Arista Flutes | USA | professional flutes and headjoints made in precious metals alto flute headjoints | Yes | Yes | yes | http://www.aristaflutes.com | |
Armstrong | USA | Now owned by Conn-Selmer | Yes | Yes | No | https://www.conn-selmer.com/en-us/our-brands/armstrong | |
Artley | USA | Now defunct Conn-Selmer brand. Once manufacturer of band instruments. | No | Yes | No | ||
Avanti | USA | A Conn-Selmer brand | No | Yes | No | ||
Azumi by Altus | Japan | Intermediate Altus models | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.azumi.eu | |
Bertrem, Brian | USA | Yes | Yes | No | https://www.facebook.com/btbertremwoodwinds | ||
Bigio, Robert | United Kingdom | British flautist, Historian, writer and flutemaker. Known for wooden flutes, but currently making only headjoints. | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://www.bigio.co.uk | |
Bonneville | France | Now defunct historic French flute maker. | No | Yes | No | ||
Boosey & Hawkes | United Kingdom | No | Yes | No | |||
Brannen Brothers | USA | Maker of fine flutes and known for collaborations with Brogger, Cooper, Lafin, and Kingma | Yes | Yes | No | https://www.brannenflutes.com/ | |
Braun, Anton | Germany | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.braunflutes.com/ | ||
Briccialdi | Italy | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.briccialdi.it | ||
Buffet Crampon | France | No longer makes flutes | No | Yes | No | http://www.buffet-crampon.com | |
Burkart-Phelan | USA | Professional level flutes and piccolos | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://www.burkart.com | |
Chu, David | USA | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.sideblown.com/ | ||
Conn-Selmer | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.conn-selmer.com/en-us/our-instruments/band-instruments/flutes/ | ||
Cooper, Albert | United Kingdom | Master craftsman and flute innovator. d. 2011 | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Cundy-Bettoney Co. | USA | No | Yes | No | |||
Doyle, Martin | Ireland | Making simple system wooden Irish flute, Baroque flutes and head-joints for concert flutes | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://www.martindoyleflutes.com | |
Drelinger, Sanford "Sandy" | USA | Passed away 4/2021 | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.drelinger.com/ | |
Eloy | Netherlands | Handmade flutes made from unique Japanese style alloys | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.eloyflutes.com/ | |
Emanuel Flutes | USA | Hand made flutes for professionals made to order | Yes | Yes | Yes | [http://www.emanuelflutesboston.com | |
Eppler, Alexander | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.epplerflutes.com/ | ||
Erik the Flutemaker | USA | Specializing in handcrafted bamboo flutes | Yes | Yes | No | http://eriktheflutemaker.com/ | |
Fehr, Thomas | Switzerland | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.floetenbau.ch | ||
Faulisi, Salvatore | France | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.laflutetraversiere.com | ||
Fisher | Germany | Wood and metal flutes | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.werner-fischer-bremen.de/instrumente/?lang=en | |
Flute Lab | Netherlands | Yes | No | Yes | http://flutelab.com/ | ||
FMC | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.flute-masters.com | ||
Fluteworx | South Africa | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.fluteworx.co.za/about.php | ||
Gemeinhardt | USA/Taiwan | Including the Brio! model. Majority-owned by Angel Industries Co. Ltd. of Taiwan since 2011. | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://www.gemeinhardt.com | |
Geoghegan Co. | USA | Founded by Michael Geoghegan, the company was pioneer in silver brazing tone holes | Yes | Yes | No | https://geoghegancompany.com/ | |
Gerhard Sachs | Germany | Very low-profile fine Flute maker from Sonnenbühl | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Giorgessi, Giorgio | Italy | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.suonoflauti.it/ | ||
Goosman | USA | Mara died 2015. | No | No | Yes | ||
Gordon, Martin | United Kingdom/USA | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.gordonflutesboston.com/ | ||
Gosse, Harry | Germany | Yes | No | Yes | http://harrygosse.com http://www.boehmfloete.de/ | ||
Green, Tom | USA | No | Yes | No | http://www.tomgreenflutes.com | ||
Guo Musical Instrument Co. | Taiwan | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.gflute.com | ||
Hammig | Germany | Famous flutemaking dynasty | Yes | Yes | No | https://www.hammig-boehmfloetenbau.de | |
Haynes, William S. | USA | Historic Boston flutemaker | Yes | Yes | No | http://wmshaynes.com | |
Hutton, Trevor | New Zealand | No | Yes | Yes | http://www.trevorhuttonflutes.com | ||
Inderbinen | Switzerland | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.inderbinen.com | ||
Iwao | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | |||
James, Trevor | United Kingdom-Taiwan | Yes | Yes | No | http://tjflutes.com | ||
Jupiter | Taiwan | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.jupitermusic.com/ | ||
Jochen Mehnert & Söhne | Germany | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://www.mehnertfloeten.de/ | ||
Karl Hammerschmidt & Söhne | Germany | Historic woodwind maker. Still produces six/seven-keyed simple system Piccollos, but in the pitch of Cb. | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.karl-hammerschmidt-klarinetten.de/ | |
Keefe | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://keefepiccolo.com | ||
Kingma, Eva | Netherlands | Low flute maker and designer of the kingma system | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.kingmaflutes.com/mySite/index.html | |
Koregelos | USA | George Koregelos, also founder of House of Woodwind, d. 2012, made flutes in the 70s. | No | Yes | No | http://www.hwproducts.com | |
Kotato | Japan | Famous for low flutes | Yes | Yes | No | http://kotatoflute.web.fc2.com/index.html | |
Kuiper, Dirk | Netherlands | d. 2006 | No | Yes | No | ||
Lacy, Tom | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://tomlacyflutes.com/ | ||
Lafin, J. R. | Germany | No | No | Yes | http://www.lafinheadjoints.com/ | ||
Lamberson, Nathaniel "Tip" | USA | ret. 1985, d. 2005 | No | Yes | No | ||
Landell, Jonathon | USA | Master flutemaker making handmade flutes in rural Vermont | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://www.landellflutes.com | |
Lebret | France | Defunct historical flute maker | No | Yes | No | ||
Lehner, John | Australia | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.johnlehner.com/ | ||
Levit | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://levitflutes.com | ||
Lewis, Gary | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.garylewisflutes.com | ||
Lopatin, Leonard E. | USA | Retired Maker and designer of the SquareONE family of flutes made with square tone holes, to the Lopatin Scale | No | Yes | Yes | http://www.squareoneflutes.com/] | |
Lot, Louis | France | Most famous French flute maker of the 19th century | No | Yes | No | ||
Lunn, John | USA | Yes | Yes | No | https://web.archive.org/web/20120426081406/http://www.johnlunn.com/lunnflutes/ | ||
Mancke | Germany | No | No | Yes | http://www.mancke.com/ | ||
Mascolo | Brazil | Handmade head joint | Yes | No | Yes | -mascolo | |
Mateki | Japan | no | Yes | No | http://mateki-flute.net | ||
Matit | Finland | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.matitflutes.com | ||
McCanless | USA | No | Yes | No | http://mccanlessflutes.com | ||
McKenna, Chris | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.mckennaflutes.com | ||
McLauchlan, Ian | United Kingdom | No | No | Yes | http://www.headjoints.co.uk/ | ||
Mehnert | Germany | Böhm flute maker since 1891 | Yes | Yes | No | https://www.mehnertfloete.com/ | |
Michael, J. | China | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.jmichael.jp | ||
Miyazawa | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.miyazawa.com | ||
Moore, Jack | USA | Master craftsman. RIP. Made Alex Murray system flutes. | No | Yes | No | ||
Murali | Thailand | Yes | Yes | No | http://muraliflutes.com | ||
Muramatsu | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.muramatsuflute.com/e-menu.html | ||
Myall-Allen | United Kingdom | Treble flute in G | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Nagahara | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.nagaharaflutes.com | ||
Natsuki | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | http://natsukiflute.music.coocan.jp | ||
Nomata | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Northbridge | USA China | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.northbridgewinds.com | ||
Novo, Juan | USA | Maker of the FANTASIA flute and custom wooden headjoints | No | Yes | Yes | http://www.jnovoheadjoints.com | |
Oleg | USA | Yes | No | Yes | http://olegproducts.com/ | ||
Olwell Flutes | USA | Father and son, Patrick and Aaron Olwell, makers of mainly Irish flutes | Yes | Yes | Yes | https://www.olwellflutes.com/ | |
Opperman | USA | Maker of piccolos, alto and bass flutes as well as C flutes and head joints. d. 2016 | No | Yes | No | ||
Oxley, Andrew | United Kingdom | Yes | No | Yes | |||
Parmenon | France | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.parmenon.fr | ||
Pearl Flutes | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | http://pearlflutes.com | ||
Powell, Verne Q. | USA | Boston flutemaker | Yes | Yes | No | https://www.powellflutes.com/en/ | |
Powell, Edward V. | USA | Son of Verne Q. Powell | No | Yes | No | ||
Resona | USA China | Intermediate range flute produced by Burkart | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.resonaflutes.com | |
Reynolds, F.A. | USA | No | Yes | No | |||
Rittershausen, Emil | Germany | Boehm’s successor. d. 1927 | No | Yes | No | ||
Roberts, Howell | United Kingdom | Yes | No | Yes | |||
Roosen | France | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.roosen.fr | ||
Rudall, Carte & Co | United Kingdom | Most important historic English flute maker | No | Yes | No | ||
Sagerman, Gene | USA | Yes | No | Yes | |||
Sakurai | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | http://sakuraiflute.com/mission/index_en.php | ||
Sankyo Flute Company | Japan | Founded 1968 and well-known for high quality flutes. | Yes | Yes | No | http://sankyoflutes.com/ | |
Sheridan, Dana | USA/Germany | Retired | No | Yes | No | ||
Solexa | USA China | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.solexaflutes.com | ||
Song Flute | Korea | No | No | Yes | http://songflute.com/ | ||
Spell, Eldred | USA | Yes | No | Yes | |||
Straubinger Flutes | USA | Also known for making successful synthetic pads adopted for many high-end flutes | Yes | Yes | No | http://straubingerflutes.com/ | |
Takumi Flute | Tokyo | No | Yes | No | |||
Tomasi | Austria | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Verhoef, Alfred | Netherlands | Handmade wooden concert flutes in five sorts of wood. | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.verhoef-flutes.com | |
Viento | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.viento-flutes.com | |||
Webb, John | United Kingdom | Retired | No | No | Yes | ||
Wenner, Martin | Germany | Yes | No | Yes | http://wennerfloeten.de/ | ||
Wessel, Stephen | United Kingdom | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.wessel-flutes.co.uk | ||
Williams, David | USA | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://www.williamsflutes.com | ||
Wimberly, David | CAN | Yes | Yes | Yes | https://www.wimberlyflutes.com/ | ||
Wisemann | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.jbwflutes.com | ||
Worrell, Peter | United Kingdom | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.peterworrell.co.uk | ||
Yamaha | Japan/USA | Yes | Yes | No | https://usa.yamaha.com | ||
Yang, Dean | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.dean-yang.com | |||
Zhao, Di | China | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.dizhaoflutes.com |
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