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All You Ever Wanted to KnowFrom the Low Flutes Committee

he first in a series of primers from the Low Flutes Committee was introduced in the spring 2010 issue of The Flutist Quarterly. We continue in this issue with charts of available features on currently manufactured instruments from low flute manufacturers. This data was compiled by committee members Andrea Redcay Graves and Marion Garver Fredrickson.
Chris Potter plays an old bass flute at the convention in New York.

Chris Potter, Chair, Low Flutes Committee

Rachel Maurer and Chris Potter, chair of Low Flutes, playing on contra flutes.

Low flutes join in the extravaganza event with Sir James Galway in 2009.

Alto Flutes
Maker Altus Flutes Armstrong Brio Flutes Briolette Flutes Dean-Yang Flutes Di Zhao Flutes Emerson Gemeinhardt Flutes Hogenhuis James, Trevor Jupiter (and Jupiter di Medici) Kingma, Eva Kingma-Brannen Kotato Lopatin Flute Company Miyazawa Muramatsu Ormiston Flutes Pearl Flutes Powell, Verne Q. (Sonare) Neel, Christophe Sagerman Sankyo Tianjin Xinhai Musical Instruments Yamaha Curved head Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes On request No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes B (F#) foot No No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No Open holes No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes On request No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No Large bore No No No No No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No Special features

U-shaped tube

Open holes Open holes Square tone holes and keys

8-key wooden alto, no trill keys

Custom maker Custom maker

Gold brass

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Bass Flutes
Maker Altus Flutes Briolette Flutes Di Zhao Emerson Hogenhuis Jupiter Trill keys Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Vertical model No No No No Yes V angle Yes B foot available No No No Yes No No Support system Left-hand crutch Left-hand crutch Left-hand crutch Knee rest Floor peg or neck strap for vertical models Floor peg for vertical model Graphite rod Left hand crutch Make a suggestion Left hand crutch Open hole No No No No No No Special features

Large bore option 2 headjoint angles

(di Medici model) (di Medici model)

Kingma Kotato Pearl Neel, Christophe Yamaha

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No No No No

Yes Yes No Yes No

Yes On request No No No

Large bore option

Large bore Custom maker Gold brass

Contrabass (in C) and Other Low Flutes

Makers Hogenhuis Instrument Contrabass B foot No Trill keys Yes Large bore No Open holes 2 open holes Extras tone PVC body, fipple headjoint polypropylene body fipple headjoint

Subcontra

Goes to A

No

No

No

Jupiter (di Medici) Kingma

Contrabass Contra-alto in G Contrabass Subcontra in G Bass in F Contrabass doublecontra

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes

No On request On request No Yes No No Yes Yes

No No No No No No No Yes Yes

No Yes On request No On request No No No No Custom maker vertical

Kotato

Neel, Christophe

Contrabass Octobass

For More Information

Altus Flutes www.altusflutes.com Armstrong www.armstrongwinds.com Brio Flutes www.brioflute.com Briolette Flutes www.musicfactorydirect.com Dean-Yang Flutes www.dean-yang.com Di Zhao Flutes www.dizhaoflutes.com Emerson www.emersonflutes.com Gemeinhardt Flutes www.gemeinhardt.com Hogenhuis www.hogenhuis-flutes.com James, Trevor www.trevorjames.com Jupiter (and Jupiter di Medici) www.jupitermusic.com Kingma, Eva www.kingmaflutes.com Kingma-Brannen www.kingmaflutes.com Kotato www.oguraflute.com/kotato Lopatin Flute Company www.lopatinflutes.com Miyazawa www.miyazawa.com Muramatsu www.muramatsu-america.com Ormiston Flutes www.ormistonflutes.co.uk Pearl Flutes www.pearlflutes.com Powell, Verne Q. (Sonare) www.powellflutes.com Neel, Christophe christopheneel@gmail.com Sagerman flutes@tidewater.net Sankyo www.sankyoflute.com Tianjin Xinhai Musical Instruments www.xinhaidimusic.com Yamaha www.yamaha.com Find more information at nfaonline.org/resources/commercial.
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