Nineteenth Century Flutes
The flutes in the nineteenth century, as shown above, are very similar the the ones we have today. One of the most important people to the flute lived during this time; Theobald Boehm. To find more information on him and his contributions to the flute, click here.
Along with Boehm, there were many other people who contributed to the invention of the flute in the nineteenth century. Claude Laurent was one of those people, as the inventor of the three keyed, four keyed, and seven keyed flutes. What made his unique was that unlike any other flutes of that time, his were made of glass. A few years before his invention was pattented, the B flat key was added onto the flute, although there isn't one specific known person who chose to add this key.
During this time, there were also a substantial amount of more people who embraced the flute and improved upon it's playing ability. These include;
-Fredrick Nolan choosing to use open holes, where fingers were the only thing changing the pitch, as opposed to pushing down closed keys, as we do on our flute today
-George Miller of London began experimenting with metal bores
-Knobs were added to the mouth hole of the flute by Tebaldo Monzani
-James Wood, also of London, created three more different tuning slides
-Father and son inventors, known as the Nicholsons, make a thinner flute, with adjusted keys
-Ring and cresent keys were made by maker Potgeissen
-Eight keyed flutes are introduced to society, and immedietely become very popular, due to Rudall and Rose
-Beethoven uses these flutes in many of his symphonies
Any other contributions to the flute in this century were by Boehm, and can be found by following the link here, or shown above.
-Fredrick Nolan choosing to use open holes, where fingers were the only thing changing the pitch, as opposed to pushing down closed keys, as we do on our flute today
-George Miller of London began experimenting with metal bores
-Knobs were added to the mouth hole of the flute by Tebaldo Monzani
-James Wood, also of London, created three more different tuning slides
-Father and son inventors, known as the Nicholsons, make a thinner flute, with adjusted keys
-Ring and cresent keys were made by maker Potgeissen
-Eight keyed flutes are introduced to society, and immedietely become very popular, due to Rudall and Rose
-Beethoven uses these flutes in many of his symphonies
Any other contributions to the flute in this century were by Boehm, and can be found by following the link here, or shown above.