Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 4-2012
Abstract
The modern flute world is full of innovation. Every year brings a new assortment of changes intended to improve the design or functioning of the modern flute—a new head-joint or a new material, a design innovation such as the vertical flute or a new contrabass flute. Much more subtle are changes to the design of 18thcentury style flutes. Generally, modern makers of these instruments take careful measurements of particular antique flutes that are recognized for ease of playing and copy them. The innovations are most likely subtle—a new wood, gentle tweaking of the embouchure or a tone hole, or cosmetic refinements.
Recommended Citation
Dobbs, Wendell., “Jean-François Beaudin: Borrowing from the old world and the new,” Traverso, Vol. 23, no. 2: 5-8.
Comments
This article first appeared in the Volume 23, Number 2 of Traverso – Historical Flute Newsletter, a quarterly newsletter, and is reprinted with permission.