MOD NOTE - The roster below is now out of date, but we have preserved it in the Original Post purely for historical reasons and for consistency with subsequent posts in this thread. Instead, for the active version of the list, maintained and periodically updated by Jem, please click on the following link:
Link ► The Chiff & Fipple Wooden Flute Makers List ◄ Link
And now, the Original Post, et seq.:
________________________________________________________________________I compiled the original version of the list below from my browser "Favourites" for another purpose and thought it might be of use/interest here. It has now grown somewhat! It isn't as comprehensive as
Brad Hurley's listings, but it is reasonably current and perhaps fulfils a need on this forum. It includes some makers whose main activities are not simple system or keyless flutes aimed at ITM. There may well be omissions both glaring and obscure, but none intentional. Inclusion signifies nothing save that I am aware of the maker/firm listed - no value judgements are implied. There are doubtless makers whose websites I have visited but which I neglected to save to "Favourites" and others of whom I am aware but who have no website. I'll add them as they come to mind. I haven't done any specific research for this list. I make the obvious disclaimer that I have no commercial connection with or interest in any of the listees. I shall doubtless make additions and emendations as I discover new names or changes to existing details.
*If anyone wants to make updates/amendments, suggest additions or notify linkage problems, could I request that they pm me with details and I will alter them in or add them to the main list in this OP rather than have them straggle down an ever-lengthening and hard to refer to thread?*Other kinds of response post most welcome, however.
EDIT(s): thoughts arising: I don't intend to include makers who only make metal Boehm flutes, but may include wooden Boehm makers and headjoint makers as well as makers of Baroque and earlier flutes. I have changed the thread title to reflect this. I will, notwithstanding that, include makers of keyless "Irish" or "Folk" flutes, period replica and simple system flutes in materials other than wood. It gets too difficult to define all that in a headline! I don't intend to complicate things by posting any links other than websites - even for those makers who don't have websites -
Brad's list is the place to go for direct contact info for those who only have e-addresses or conventional, non-web communications. Here is a similar useful list of
Baroque flute makers.The only selection and "quality control" criteria I'm running on whom I include in this thread are that I have to at least have heard of a nominee for inclusion "on the grapevine" or, if I haven't, that I am able to check out their website if they have one, and
that they are currently in active production - so I'd also appreciate pms if anyone discovers a maker has given up and should be removed from the list, as well as any link updates if listed links don't work.
I'll put up the products of suggestion messages in due course. I'm sure this will settle down to near stasis quite quickly, but I'll try to update it weekly - so if your suggestions don't appear at once, bear with me.
Wooden Flute MakersAbell Flute Company
http://www.abellflute.com/Thomas Aebi
http://www.aebi-flutes.com/Dominic Allan
http://www.djallan.co.ukAngus Fifes
http://www.angusfifes.com/Anthony Arnold
http://www.musicadonumdei.org/Flutes/index.htmlAulos (Toyoma Musical Instrument Co.)
http://www.toyamagakki.co.jp/ (under construction)
Fridtjof Aurin
http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~scott/flutemakers/Aurin/Price-list%202004.docJean-Francois Beaudin
http://www.flute-beaudin.com/Carl Bell
http://www.carlbell.co.uk/Romy Benton
http://www.romyb.com/home.htmlBoaz Berney
http://berneyflutes.com/Robert Bigio
http://www.bigio.com/Phil Bleazey
http://woodenflutes.co.uk/index.htmlMichel Bonamy
http://michelbonamy.free.fr/Casey Burns
http://www.caseyburnsflutes.com/Brian Byrne (no active link)
Calmont Musical Instruments
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/calmontmusic/myhomepage/business.html (AOL webpages defunct @ 12:11:2008, but cached version available via Google)
Rod Cameron
http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~scott/flutemakers/rod-pricelist.htmlGonzalo Rodríguez Caride
http://es.geocities.com/zalocaride/requintas.html Clive Catterall
http://www.flutes.fsbusiness.co.uk/Forbes Christie (Windward Flutes)
http://www.windwardflutes.com/David Chu
http://www.sideblown.com/index.htmlCopley & Boegli
http://www.celticlands.com/Jon Cornia (Cochran Flutes) (no active link)
Eamonn Cotter (no active link)
M & E Cronnolly
http://www.irishflutes.co.uk/Chris Dawson (Rhiannon Flutes) (no active link)
Arie De Keyzer (no active link)
Tony Dixon
http://www.tonydixonmusic.co.uk/Martin Doyle
http://www.martindoyleflutes.com/Thomas Fehr
http://www.floetenbau.ch/First Flutes
http://www.firstflutes.co.za/Folkers & Powell
http://www.baroqueflute.com/Rob Forbes
http://www.forbesflutes.com/John Gallagher (no active link)
Seth Gallagher
http://www.uilleann.com/Alan Ginsberg
http://www.hgt.gwynedd.gov.uk/UilleannPipes/Glens Falls Fifes
http://www.glensfallsfife.com/Michael Grinter
http://users.vic.chariot.net.au/~grinter/Hammy Hamilton
http://homepage.eircom.net/~hammie/Skip Healy
http://www.skiphealy.com/Marcus Hernon
http://www.marcushernon.com/Hervieux & Glet
http://www.hervieuxglet.com/Hevia, Parrado y Aragón
http://www.arhpa.com/Holmes-McNaughton
http://holmesmcnaughton.com/Mark Hoza (Kything Flutes)
http://www.woodenflutemaker.com/Pol Jezequel (PolJez Flutes) (no active link)
Louis Jourdan (La Flute en Chantier)
http://www.la-flute-en-chantier.com/Eugene Lambe (no active link)
Glen Le Bot
http://glenlebot-instruments.com/Yvon Le Coant
http://www.lecoant.com/Gilles Léhart
http://lehart.free.fr/Geert Lejeune
http://users.skynet.be/geertlejeune/Solen Lesouef
http://www.atelierdelutherie.info/Terry McGee
http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/Merlin Music
http://www.merlin-music.com/flutes.htmBilly Miller (Windwood Flutes) (no active link)
Moeck
http://www.moeck.com/Stephane Morvan (Skopavel)
http://www.skopavel.com/ (link/website defunct)
Sam Murray (no active link)
Peter Noy
http://www.noyflutes.com/David O’Brien
http://www.traditionalirishflutes.com/Patrick Olwell (no active link)
George Ormiston
http://www.ormistonflutes.co.uk/Simon Polak
http://www.earlyflute.com/Maurice Reviol
http://www.reviol.co.nz/Howel Roberts
http://www.robertsflutes.com/Fred Rose
http://www.fredrose.co.uk/John Rutzen
http://www.johnrutzen.com/Desi Seery
http://www.seerywoodwind.com/ (link defunct?)
Russel Serov (Serov Flutes)
http://www.users.bigpond.com/russels/Claire Soubeyran
http://www.soubeyranflutes.com/Jonathan Swayne (no active link)
Ralph Sweet (Sweetheart)
http://www.sweetheartflute.com/Dave Swindler (no active link)
Grzegorz Tomaszewicz (T&S)
http://www.tands.pl/Giovanni Tardino
http://giovannitardino.it/Doug Tipple
http://dougsflutes.googlepages.com/Luc Verhoeven
http://users.skynet.be/fluiten/The Von Huene Workshop & Early Music Shop of New England
http://www.vonhuene.com/Paddy Ward
http://www.paddywardflutes.com/Glenn Watson
http://www.watsonflutes.com/Charles Wells
http://www.kawells.fsnet.co.uk/Martin Wenner
http://wennerfloeten.de/Chris Wilkes
http://wilkesflutes.co.uk/Paul Windridge
http://www.windridgeflute.co.uk/Pete Worrell
http://freespace.virgin.net/pete.worrell/peteworrell.htmSellers/DealersTony Bingham
http://www.oldmusicalinstruments.co.uk/Early Musical Instruments
http://www.earlymusicalinstruments.com/The Early Music Shop
http://www.e-m-s.com/Hobgoblin Second Hand Instruments
http://www.hobgoblin.com/local/secondha.htmIrish Flute Store (Doc Jones)
http://www.irishflutestore.com/Lazar's Early Music
http://www.lazarsearlymusic.com/The Music Room
http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/Pamela’s Musical Instruments
http://www.pamelasmusic.co.uk/Vintage Instruments
http://www.vintage-instruments.com/Wichita Band Instrument Co.
http://www.wichitaband.com/used.html#antique%20fluteWildwinds
http://www.wildwinds.co.uk/Zeckley Musical Instruments
http://www.larkcamp.com/oneofakind.htmlMy thanks to Denny for advice on and help with trimming web addresses to more generic and shorter forms than those saved by my browser.
