List of flute makers

The following are flute makers who produce flutes from a wide variety of materials:

Flute makers
Maker Country of origin Comment/description Active? Flute maker? Head joint
maker?
Abell, Christopher USA Maker of wooden flutes and wooden penny whistles Yes Yes Yes
Aihara Japan Yes Yes No
Akiyama Japan Yes Yes No
Allen, Michael J. United Kingdom Maker of handmade flutes Yes Yes Yes
Almeida, Edward "Ed" USA Master craftsman, died 1992 No Yes No
Altus Japan Well-known maker of high end flutes Yes Yes No
Arista Flutes USA Professional flutes and headjoints made in precious metals alto flute headjoints Yes Yes Yes
Armstrong USA Now owned by Conn-Selmer Yes Yes No
Artley USA Now defunct Conn-Selmer brand. The company made piccolos, C flutes, E-flat soprano flutes, alto and bass flutes. (The bass flute was designed by T.S. Ogilvie) No Yes No
Avanti USA A Conn-Selmer brand No Yes No
Azumi by Altus Japan Intermediate Altus models Yes Yes No
Bertrem, Brian USA Yes Yes No
Bigio, Robert United Kingdom British flautist, Historian, writer and flutemaker. Known for wooden flutes, but currently making only headjoints. Yes Yes Yes
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 Yes
Braun, Anton Germany Yes Yes No
Briccialdi Italy Yes Yes Yes
Buffet Crampon France No longer makes flutes No Yes No
Bulgheroni Italy Wooden Flute and Piccolo flute maker Yes Yes Yes
Burkart-Phelan USA Professional level flutes and piccolos Yes Yes Yes
Chu, David USA Maker of Wood & Bamboo Headjoints for Boehm Flutes & Alto Flutes Yes No Yes
Conn-Selmer USA Yes Yes No
Cooper, Albert United Kingdom Master craftsman and flute innovator, died 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
Drelinger, Sanford "Sandy" USA Died April 2021 Yes No Yes
Eloy Netherlands Handmade flutes made from unique Japanese style alloys Yes Yes No
Emanuel Flutes Boston, USA Hand made flutes for professionals made to order Yes Yes Yes
Eppler, Alexander USA No Yes No
Erik the Flutemaker USA Specializing in handcrafted bamboo flutes Yes Yes No
Fehr, Thomas Switzerland Yes No Yes
Faulisi, Salvatore France Yes No Yes
Fisher Germany Wood and metal flutes Yes Yes No
Flute Lab Netherlands Yes No Yes
FMC Japan Yes Yes No
Fluteworx South Africa Yes Yes No
Gemeinhardt USA/Taiwan Including the Brio! model. Majority-owned by Angel Industries Co. Ltd. of Taiwan since 2011. Yes Yes Yes
Geoghegan Co. USA Founded by Michael Geoghegan, the company was pioneer in silver brazing tone holes Yes Yes No
Gerhard Sachs Germany Very low-profile fine Flute maker from Sonnenbühl No Yes Yes
Giorgessi, Giorgio Italy Yes No Yes
Goosman USA Mara died 2015. No No Yes
Gordon, Martin United Kingdom/USA Yes No Yes
Gorset, Hans Olav Norway Baroque flutes Yes Yes
Gosse, Harry Germany Yes No Yes
Green, Tom USA No Yes No
Guo Musical Instrument Co. Taiwan Manufacturer of composite material flutes. Geoffrey Guo invented the material Grenaditte, which is used both in his instruments and Pearl piccolos. One of the few manufacturers of G Treble Flutes. Yes Yes Yes
Hammig, Bernhard Germany Famous flutemaking dynasty Yes Yes Yes
Hammig, Philipp and Aug.Rich. OHG Germany Famous flutemaking dynasty Yes Yes No
Haynes, William S. USA Historic Boston flutemaker Yes Yes No
Hutton, Trevor New Zealand No Yes Yes
Inderbinen Switzerland Yes Yes No
Iwao Japan Yes Yes No
James, Trevor United Kingdom-Taiwan Yes Yes No
Josef Müller Germany Yes Yes Yes
Jupiter Taiwan Yes Yes No
Jochen Mehnert & Söhne Germany Yes Yes Yes
Karl Hammerschmidt & Söhne Germany Historic woodwind maker. Still produces six/seven-keyed simple system Piccolos, but in the pitch of C-sharp. Yes Yes No
Keefe USA Wood Piccolos Yes Yes Yes
King, Travis B.C. Canada Irish wooden flutes Yes Yes No
Kingma, Eva Netherlands Low flute maker and designer of the kingma system Yes Yes No
Koregelos USA George Koregelos, also founder of House of Woodwind, died 2012, made flutes in the 1970s. No Yes No
Kotato Japan Famous for low flutes Yes Yes No
Kuiper, Dirk Netherlands died 2006 No Yes No
Lacy, Tom USA Yes Yes No
Lafin, J. R. Germany master headjoint maker Yes No Yes
Lamberson, Nathaniel "Tip" USA ret. 1985, died 2005 No Yes No
Landell, Jonathon USA Master flutemaker making handmade flutes in Pennsylvania[1] Yes Yes Yes
Kramer, Christoph Germany Master headjointmaker Yes No Yes
Lebret France Defunct historical flute maker No Yes No
Lehner, John Australia Yes Yes No
Levit USA Yes Yes Yes
Lewis, Gary USA Yes Yes No
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
Lot, Louis France Most famous French flute maker of the 19th century No Yes No
Lucas Fovet France Gasba, Kaval, Quena, Saxoflute, Svirka, Flauta Transversal, Bamboo flutes Yes Yes Yes
Lunn, John USA Maker of artistic and decorative concert flutes. Retired in 2020 No Yes No
Mancke Germany No No Yes
Mascolo Brazil Handmade head joint Yes No Yes
Mateki Japan Closed on 31 december 2019 no Yes No
Matit Finland Yes Yes No
McCanless USA No Yes No
McChord Flutes USA Manufacturer of handmade and custom headjoints of the highest quality Yes No Yes
McKenna, Chris USA Yes Yes No
McLauchlan, Ian United Kingdom No No Yes
Mehnert Germany Böhm flute maker since 1891 Yes Yes No
Michael, J. China Yes Yes No
Miyazawa Japan Yes Yes No
Moore, Jack USA Master craftsman. RIP. Made Alex Murray system flutes. No Yes No
Murali China Boston flutemaker manufacturing in China Yes Yes Yes
Muramatsu Japan Yes Yes No
Myall-Allen United Kingdom Treble flute in G Yes Yes No
Nagahara USA Yes Yes Yes
Natsuki Japan Yes Yes No
Nomata Japan Yes Yes No
Northbridge USA China Yes Yes No
Novo, Juan USA Maker of the FANTASIA flute and custom wooden headjoints No Yes Yes
Oleg USA Oleg Garbuzov died in 2022. His company no longer offers flutes, headjoints or flute-related products. No No No
Olwell Flutes USA Father and son, Patrick and Aaron Olwell, makers of mainly Irish flutes Yes Yes Yes
Opperman USA Maker of piccolos, alto and bass flutes as well as C flutes and head joints, died 2016 No Yes No
Oxley, Andrew United Kingdom Yes No Yes
Parmenon France Maker of concert flutes (Buffet Crampon group) Yes Yes Yes
Pap, Marton - TheFluteMan Philippines Maker of Native American Flutes, Mid To Bass Range Yes Yes Yes
Pearl Flutes Japan Maker of Piccolos, C Flutes, Alto and Bass Flutes, and Contrabass Flutes Yes Yes Yes
Powell, Verne Q. USA Boston flute maker (Buffet Crampon group) Yes Yes Yes
Powell, Edward V. USA Son of Verne Q. Powell No Yes No
Resona USA China Intermediate range flute produced by Burkart Yes Yes No
Reynolds, F.A. USA No Yes No
Rittershausen, Emil Germany Boehm’s successor, died 1927 No Yes No
Roberts, Howell United Kingdom Yes No Yes
Roosen France Yes Yes No
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
Sankyo Flute Company Japan Founded 1968 and well-known for high quality flutes. Yes Yes No
Sheridan, Dana USA/Germany Retired No Yes Yes
Solexa USA China Yes Yes No
Song Flute Korea No No Yes
Spell, Eldred USA No No No
Straubinger Flutes USA Also known for making successful synthetic pads adopted for many high-end flutes Yes Yes No
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
Viento Yes Yes No
Webb, John United Kingdom Retired No No Yes
Wenner, Martin Germany Yes No Yes
Wessel, Stephen United Kingdom Yes Yes No
Williams, David USA Yes Yes Yes
Wimberly, David CAN Yes Yes Yes
Wisemann USA Yes Yes No
Worrell, Peter United Kingdom Yes No Yes
Yamaha Japan/USA Yes Yes No
Yang, Dean Yes Yes No
Zhao, Di China Yes Yes No

References

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  1. ^ "Landell Flutes: Flute Making & Repair Courses".
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