Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Flutes
By 1670, the first flute which was divided into three different peices appeared in a famous orchestra from France. The finger holes were also slightly changed, as they were placed closer together and became smaller.
Click here to see the Hotteterre fingering chart, which shows how each note on the flute was played during this time period.
In 1720, two unknown keys were added to the flute, furthering it's popularity and pitch. Two years later, adjustments continued to be made to the instrument by Johann Quantz, a famous flutist and composer. He contributed a tuning cork to the headjoint, as well as a C sharp key on the footjoint. The lever shown towards the right in the picture below is the modern day C sharp key.
Click here to see the Hotteterre fingering chart, which shows how each note on the flute was played during this time period.
In 1720, two unknown keys were added to the flute, furthering it's popularity and pitch. Two years later, adjustments continued to be made to the instrument by Johann Quantz, a famous flutist and composer. He contributed a tuning cork to the headjoint, as well as a C sharp key on the footjoint. The lever shown towards the right in the picture below is the modern day C sharp key.
More keys continued to be added to the flute, including the E flat, G sharp, B flat, and F key, the latter three of which were added by Florio, Gedney, and Potter, makers from London. These inventors also chose to remove the C sharp key from their model of the flute. These flutes began showing up in the orchestra's of famous composers such as Mozart and Haydn. Near the end of this century, a closed C key is added by J.H. Ribock.