The Band Room
Watch out for flying spit!!!
Flute Club now open!!!!
Are you always wanting to be right on with out rolling in or out. Do you make the Tumpets look dumb when they are trying to play supper high well if you do these things or know what Im talking about you must be a Flute. One thing I can say tho about the Flute is you beter watch out for them, they sit at the front (they have conections with the director lololol). So just come and site where your section is and Flutes you can take a break for marching for a while I know it can get old when you have got to keep your chin up all that time. Make yourself at home!!!!!!
History on Boehm's Flute
In 1847, Theobald Boehm created the silver cylindrical bored body with parobolic tapered headjoint. This new design used larger tone holes which necessitated an open key for each tone hole. Previous designs had left open holes on the body to be covered directly by the player's fingers. Boehm increased the hole size to add to the projection of the instrument and more carefully regulate the intonation of the scale.
In 1849, Giulio Briccialdi had Rudall and Rose of London build an instrument with the thumb key design which remains standard to this day.
Boehm's original design called for an open G# mechanism (still used today by some prominent players such as William Bennett and Clement Barone.) However, the duplicate closed G# key has been in use since Boehm changed his design in 1847. This was due to the fact that French players particularly were unwilling to adapt their technique to the open G#. Even when Louis Dorus adopted Boehm's earlier 1832 flute at the Paris Conservatory, it was only with the adaptation of the 'Dorus G# mechanism' to facilitate a closed G# key.
The current scale of your instrument was most likely developed in the late '70's to early '80's by Albert Cooper or William Bennett in London. Each manufacturer has specific modifications that they like to use, but tone hole placement is fairly standardized (except for a few overseas manufacturers and one American company).
Found at: http://www.fluteguru.com/wrapper.php?content=history.php
