List of flute makers
The following are flute makers who produce a wide variety of flutes from an equally wide variety of materials:
Maker | Country | Comment | Active | Flute maker | Headjoint 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 | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.aristaflutes.com | |
Emanuel | USA | Hand made flutes for professionals made to order. | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://www.emanuelflutebiston.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 |
Bailey, Bruce | USA | Yes | Yes | No | https://www.flickr.com/photos/12157552@N02/tags/bis/ | |
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, but makes other wind instruments | 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 | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.drelinger.com/ | |
Eloy | Netherlands | Handmade flutes made from unique Japanese style alloys | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.eloyflutes.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 | |
Fife by Zack | Washington, DC US | Bamboo flutes made and sold by teenage musician during 70s | Unknown | Yes | Not known | |
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 | No | Yes | No | |
Giorgessi, Giorgio | Italy | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.suonoflauti.it/ | |
Goosman | USA | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.butterflyheadjoints.com | |
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 | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.tomgreenflutes.com | |
Guo Musical Instrument Co. | Taiwan | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.gflute.com | |
Hammig | Germany/USA | Famous flutemaking dynasty | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.hammig-boehmfloetenbau.de/ http://hammig.com |
Hammig, Bernhard | Germany/USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.hammig-flutes.com/ http://www.bernhardhammig.com/ | |
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 | http://iwaoflute.com/index.html | |
James, Trevor | United Kingdom | 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 | Yes | 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 | Maker and designer of the SquareONE family of flutes made to the Lopatin Scale | Yes | Yes | No | http://lopatinflutes.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 | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.mancke.com/ | |
Mascolo | Brazil | Handmade headjoint flute. Seamed Tube. | Yes | No | Yes | https://sites.google.com/site/estudantesflautastransversal/bocal-handmade-mascolo |
Mateki | Japan | no | Yes | No | http://mateki-flute.net | |
Matit | Finland | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.matitflutes.com | |
McCanless | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://mccanlessflutes.com | |
McKenna, Chris | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.mckennaflutes.com | |
McLauchlan, Ian | United Kingdom | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.headjoints.co.uk/ | |
Michael, J. | China | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.jmichael.jp | |
Miyazawa | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.miyazawa.com | |
Moore, Jack | USA | Master craftsman. Retired. 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 | Brandname for treble flute in G made by Allen and sold by Jonathan Myall Music (a.k.a. Justflutes) | Yes | Yes | No | |
Nagahara | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.nagaharaflutes.com | |
Natsuki | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | http://natsukiflute.music.coocan.jp | |
Neel | Germany | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.neelflutes.com/ | |
Nomata | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Northbridge | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.northbridgewinds.com | |
Novo, Juan | USA | Maker of the FANTASIA flute and custom wooden headjoints | Yes | 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 | Well-known and admired Boston flutemaker | Yes | Yes | No | https://www.powellflutes.com/en/ |
Powell, Edward V. | USA | Son of Verne Q. Powell | No | Yes | No | |
Resona | USA | 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 | |
S. Kotel | USA | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://skotel-flutes.com/ | |
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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://www.danasheridan.de | |
Solexa | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.solexaflutes.com | |
Song Flute | Korea | Yes | 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 | No | ||
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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