List of flute makers
The following are flute makers who produce a wide variety of flutes Western concert flute from a wide variety of materials:
| Maker | Country of origin | Comment description | Active | Flute maker | Head joint maker | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Flutes | USA | professional flutes and headjoints made in precious metals alto flute headjoints | Yes | Yes | yes | http://www.aristaflutes.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 | |
| 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 | 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 | Passed away 4/2021 | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.drelinger.com/ | |
| Eloy | Netherlands | Handmade flutes made from unique Japanese style alloys | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.eloyflutes.com/ | |
| Emanuel Flutes | USA | Hand made flutes for professionals made to order | Yes | Yes | Yes | [http://www.emanuelflutesboston.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 | ||
| 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 | Yes | Yes | No | https://geoghegancompany.com/ | |
| Gerhard Sachs | Germany | Very low-profile fine Flute maker from Sonnenbühl | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| Giorgessi, Giorgio | Italy | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.suonoflauti.it/ | ||
| Goosman | USA | Mara died 2015. | No | No | Yes | ||
| 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 | No | Yes | No | http://www.tomgreenflutes.com | ||
| Guo Musical Instrument Co. | Taiwan | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.gflute.com | ||
| Hammig | Germany | Famous flutemaking dynasty | Yes | Yes | No | https://www.hammig-boehmfloetenbau.de | |
| 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 | |||
| James, Trevor | United Kingdom-Taiwan | 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 | No | 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 | Retired Maker and designer of the SquareONE family of flutes made with square tone holes, to the Lopatin Scale | No | Yes | Yes | http://www.squareoneflutes.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 | No | No | Yes | http://www.mancke.com/ | ||
| Mascolo | Brazil | Handmade head joint | Yes | No | Yes | -mascolo | |
| Mateki | Japan | no | Yes | No | http://mateki-flute.net | ||
| Matit | Finland | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.matitflutes.com | ||
| McCanless | USA | No | Yes | No | http://mccanlessflutes.com | ||
| McKenna, Chris | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.mckennaflutes.com | ||
| McLauchlan, Ian | United Kingdom | No | No | Yes | http://www.headjoints.co.uk/ | ||
| Mehnert | Germany | Böhm flute maker since 1891 | Yes | Yes | No | https://www.mehnertfloete.com/ | |
| Michael, J. | China | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.jmichael.jp | ||
| Miyazawa | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.miyazawa.com | ||
| Moore, Jack | USA | Master craftsman. RIP. 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 | Treble flute in G | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Nagahara | USA | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.nagaharaflutes.com | ||
| Natsuki | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | http://natsukiflute.music.coocan.jp | ||
| Nomata | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | |||
| Northbridge | USA China | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.northbridgewinds.com | ||
| Novo, Juan | USA | Maker of the FANTASIA flute and custom wooden headjoints | No | 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 | Boston flutemaker | Yes | Yes | No | https://www.powellflutes.com/en/ | |
| Powell, Edward V. | USA | Son of Verne Q. Powell | No | Yes | No | ||
| Resona | USA China | 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 | ||
| 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 | Retired | No | Yes | No | ||
| Solexa | USA China | Yes | Yes | No | http://www.solexaflutes.com | ||
| Song Flute | Korea | No | 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 | Yes | |||
| 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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