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"Born in 1956, I am a north-american francophone from Montréal, Québec, Canada. I am part of the pioneering group of musicians, who, here and in France (1975), participated in the first development of the performance of early music on period instruments. After my studies at the Université de Montréal, I completed my studies at the Conservatoire Royal de La Haye, en Hollande ( 1978-80 ).

I take time and great care in my flute making as did previous makers. Being a flautist, I also maintain the rhythm of a small production workshop each year. " (transl. ed.) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Terry McGee makes wooden flutes for Irish, early and classical music based on the best of original instruments, including the popular Rudall & Rose and Pratten's Perfected models.  Based in Malua Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Terry has been a flute maker since the mid seventies and exports his instruments to the four corners of the globe.

Terry's instruments are one-off craftsman-built instruments using the finest materials and a combination of traditional and modern techniques.  They show the benefit of the vast and continuing research he has undertaken in Australia and in collections around the world. The most rigorous attention to tuning makes his instruments the most precise and vibrant available, and incorporation of new techniques makes them far more rewarding to play than the best of the originals. On the practical side, he has developed a new tuning slide which does not cause splitting as did the traditional slide, and new key shapes to improve ease of playing.

Terry also makes replacement parts and carries out repairs and rebuilds for original instruments. This site includes extensive information on flute care, history, research, choosing a flute, fingering charts and links to other important flute resources. ..“

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"Welcome to baroqueflutes.net, the homepage of Eugène Crijnen. Eugène was born in Holland in 1962 and started playing the flute at the age of 5 under the influence of Frans Brüggen and followed by master classes with Barthold Kuijken & Wilbert Hazelzet. Eugène started playing concerts all around the world at a young age and in 1983 he began making baroque flutes for himself. Many of the best flute players in the world now use his instruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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Anthony Arnold, Baroque Recorders and Flutes. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"I carry garklein, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, bass, great bass, contrabass, subgreatbass and subcontrabass recorders by Aesthe, Dolmetsch, Ralf Ehlert, Küng, Moeck, Mollenhauer, Paetzold and Yamaha. I have gemshorns, Moeck historical woodwinds, optimized crumhorns, as well as Wendy Gillespie (Lu-Mi) and Charlie Ogle Chinese viols and vielles by Puchalski. I also have Baroque and modern violins, violas and cellos. Sheet music, music stands and other accessories are also available. " ...

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"Thanks to our long-time cooperation with international musicians we have been able to continually improve the pitch and the efficiency of our instruments. We never forget about the characteristic sound and we are well aware that the perfect instrument has not been made yet. We see ourselves as mediators between the musician and his music.

Each of our instruments is 100% handmade and unique. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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Recorder maker.

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Historical flute maker. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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Bagpipe-maker. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Jean-Luc Boudreau has been making recorders since 1980, after having studied science and music! His main interest is the development of instruments inspired by early recorders found in various collections. These handmade recorders are classified into two families, baroque and renaissance, and allow all repertoire written for the recorder to be explored.

Two years ago we added a line of "whistles", diatonic instruments to play folk repertoire. And there's more to come...

As well, the workshop does a lot of research into manufacturing methods using the latest technology, and offers its expertise for specific projects related to the manufacture of wind instruments. " See website for more information. (ed.)

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"Folkers & Powell make professional-quality baroque flutes and other historical transverse flutes closely modeled on excellent original designs from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

We believe that music, instruments, and playing styles are all interconnected, so that music has the best effect when realized with sympathy, using instruments and performance conventions current when it was created.

For this reason we make every effort to capture the unique qualities of tone and intonation in the original instruments we copy. Since our partnership began in 1984 our flutes have earned a worldwide reputation for uncompromising accuracy and faithfulness of spirit. Our customers range all the way from beginners on the baroque flute to the world's leading exponents.

Research on contemporary music and playing styles also plays a large part in our work. We have built a separate educational site at flutehistory.com to give information on historical matters not directly related to the flutes we make.

If you are new to the world of historical flutes, begin at our start page. If you would like help staying in touch with the latest ideas and research, we suggest you subscribe to the quarterly newsletter TRAVERSO. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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