The following are flute makers who produce flutes from a wide variety of materials:

+ Flute makers Maker Country of origin Comment/description Active? Flute maker? Head jointmaker? Furones Cuadrado, Alvaro Belgium Professional NAFstyle maker, specialty in double and triple drone flutes (www.fucuflutes.com) Yes Yes Yes Abell, Christopher USA Maker of wooden flutes and wooden penny whistles Yes Yes Yes Aihara Japan Yes Yes No Akiyama Japan Yes Yes No Allen, Michael J. United Kingdom Maker of handmade flutes Yes Yes Yes Almeida, Edward "Ed" USA Master craftsman, died 1992 No Yes No Altus Japan Well-known maker of high end flutes Yes Yes No Juan Arista USA Professional flutes and headjoints made in precious metals alto flute headjoints Yes Yes Yes Manuel Arista USA Professional flutes and headjoints made in precious metals Yes Yes Yes Miguel Arista USA Professional flutes and headjoints made in precious metals alto flute headjoints Yes Yes Yes Armstrong USA Now owned by Conn-Selmer Yes Yes No Artley USA Now defunct Conn-Selmer brand. The company made piccolos, C flutes, E-flat soprano flutes, alto and bass flutes. (The bass flute was designed by T.S. Ogilvie) No Yes No Avanti USA A Conn-Selmer brand No Yes No Azumi by Altus Japan Intermediate Altus models Yes Yes No Bertrem, Brian USA Yes Yes No Bigio, Robert United Kingdom British flautist, Historian, writer and flutemaker. Known for wooden flutes, but currently making only headjoints. Yes Yes Yes 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 Yes Braun, Anton Germany Yes Yes No Briccialdi Italy Yes Yes Yes Buffet Crampon France No longer makes flutes No Yes No Bulgheroni Italy Wooden Flute and Piccolo flute maker Yes Yes Yes Burkart-Phelan USA Professional level flutes and piccolos Yes Yes Yes Chu, David USA Maker of Wooden Flutes and Wood & Bamboo Headjoints for Boehm Flutes & Alto Flutes Yes Yes Yes Conn-Selmer USA Yes Yes No Cooper, Albert United Kingdom Master craftsman and flute innovator, died 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 Drelinger, Sanford "Sandy" USA Died April 2021 Yes No Yes Eloy Netherlands Handmade flutes made from unique Japanese style alloys Yes Yes No Emanuel Flutes Boston, USA Hand made flutes for professionals made to order Yes Yes Yes Eppler, Alexander USA No Yes No Erik the Flutemaker USA Specializing in handcrafted bamboo flutes Yes Yes No Fehr, Thomas Switzerland Yes No Yes Faulisi, Salvatore France Yes No Yes Fisher Germany Wood and metal flutes Yes Yes No Flute Lab Netherlands Yes No Yes FMC Japan Yes Yes No Fluteworx South Africa Yes Yes No Gemeinhardt USA/Taiwan Including the Brio! model. Majority-owned by Angel Industries Co. Ltd. of Taiwan since 2011. Yes Yes Yes Geoghegan Co. USA Founded by Michael Geoghegan, the company was pioneer in silver brazing tone holes Yes Yes No Gerhard Sachs Germany Very low-profile fine Flute maker from Sonnenbühl No Yes Yes Giorgessi, Giorgio Italy Yes No Yes Goosman USA Mara died 2015. No Yes Yes Gordon, Martin United Kingdom/USA Yes No Yes Gorset, Hans OlavNorwayBaroque flutesYesYes Gosse, Harry Germany Yes No Yes Green, Tom USA No Yes No Guo Musical Instrument Co. Taiwan Manufacturer of composite material flutes. Geoffrey Guo invented the material Grenaditte, which is used both in his instruments and Pearl piccolos. One of the few manufacturers of G Treble Flutes. Yes Yes Yes Halfvares, Mats Sweden Baroque flute maker Yes Yes No Hammig, Bernhard Germany Famous flutemaking dynasty Yes Yes Yes Hammig, Philipp and Aug.Rich. OHG Germany Famous flutemaking dynasty Yes Yes No Haynes, William S. USA Historic Boston flutemaker Yes Yes Yes Hutton, Trevor New Zealand No Yes Yes Inderbinen Switzerland Yes Yes No Iwao Japan Yes Yes No James, Trevor United Kingdom-Taiwan Yes Yes No Josef Müller Germany Yes Yes Yes Jupiter Taiwan Yes Yes No Jochen Mehnert & Söhne Germany Yes Yes Yes Karl Hammerschmidt & Söhne Germany Historic woodwind maker. Still produces six/seven-keyed simple system Piccolos, but in the pitch of C-sharp. Yes Yes No Keefe USA Wood Piccolos Yes Yes Yes King, Travis B.C. Canada Irish wooden flutes Yes Yes No Kingma, Eva Netherlands Low flute maker and designer of the kingma system Yes Yes No Koregelos USA George Koregelos, also founder of House of Woodwind, died 2012, made flutes in the 1970s. No Yes No Kotato Japan Famous for low flutes Yes Yes No Kuiper, Dirk Netherlands died 2006 No Yes No Lacy, Tom USA Yes Yes No Lafin, J. R. Germany master headjoint maker Yes No Yes Lamberson, Nathaniel "Tip" USA ret. 1985, died 2005 No Yes No Landell, Jonathon USA Master flutemaker making handmade flutes in Pennsylvania Yes Yes Yes Kramer, Christoph Germany Master headjointmaker Yes No Yes Lebret France Defunct historical flute maker No Yes No Lehner, John Australia Yes Yes No Levit USA Yes Yes Yes Lewis, Gary USA Yes Yes No 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 Lot, Louis France Most famous French flute maker of the 19th century No Yes No Lucas Fovet France Gasba, Kaval, Quena, Saxoflute, Svirka, Flauta Transversal, Bamboo flutes Yes Yes Yes Lunn, John USA Maker of artistic and decorative concert flutes. Retired in 2020 No Yes No Mancke Germany Yes No Yes Mascolo Brazil Handmade head joint Yes No Yes Mateki Japan Closed on 31 december 2019 no Yes No Matija (Formerly Murali) China and Thailand Boston flutemaker manufacturing in China and Thailand Yes Yes Yes Matit Finland Yes Yes No McCanless USA No Yes No McChord Flutes USA Manufacturer of handmade and custom headjoints of the highest quality Yes No Yes McKenna, Chris USA Yes Yes No McLauchlan, Ian United Kingdom No No Yes Mehnert Germany Böhm flute maker since 1891 Yes Yes Yes Michael, J. China Yes Yes No Miyazawa Japan Yes Yes No Moore, Jack USA Master craftsman. RIP. Made Alex Murray system flutes. No Yes No Muramatsu Japan Yes Yes No Myall-Allen United Kingdom Treble flute in G Yes Yes No Nagahara USA Yes Yes Yes Natsuki Japan Yes Yes No Nomata Japan Yes Yes No Northbridge USA China Yes Yes No Novo, Juan USA Maker of the FANTASIA flute and custom wooden headjoints Yes Yes Yes Oleg USA Oleg Garbuzov died in 2022. His company no longer offers flutes, headjoints or flute-related products. No No No Olwell Flutes USA Father and son, Patrick and Aaron Olwell, makers of mainly Irish flutes Yes Yes Yes Opperman USA Maker of piccolos, alto and bass flutes as well as C flutes and head joints, died 2016 No Yes No Oxley, Andrew United Kingdom Yes No Yes Parmenon France Maker of concert flutes (Buffet Crampon group) Yes Yes Yes Pap, Marton - TheFluteMan Philippines Maker of Native American Flutes, Mid To Bass Range Yes Yes Yes Pearl Flutes Japan Maker of Piccolos, C Flutes, Alto and Bass Flutes, and Contrabass Flutes Yes Yes YesPettry PiccolosUSAWood Piccolos and Wood Flute HeadjointsYesYesYes Powell, Verne Q. USA Boston flute maker (Buffet Crampon group) Yes Yes Yes Powell, Edward V. USA Son of Verne Q. Powell No Yes No Resona USA China Intermediate range flute produced by Burkart Yes Yes No Reynolds, F.A. USA No Yes No Rittershausen, Emil Germany Boehm’s successor, died 1927 No Yes No Roberts, Howell United Kingdom Yes No Yes Roosen France Yes Yes No 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 Sankyo Flute Company Japan Founded 1968 and well-known for high quality flutes. Yes Yes No Sheridan, Dana USA/Germany Retired No Yes Yes Solexa USA China Yes Yes No Song Flute Korea No No Yes Spell, Eldred USA Wooden piccolo headjoints and contribution to the Bennett Scale No No No Straubinger Flutes USA Also known for making successful synthetic pads adopted for many high-end flutes Yes Yes No 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 Viento Yes Yes No Webb, John United Kingdom Retired No No Yes Wenner, Martin Germany Yes No Yes Wessel, Stephen United Kingdom Yes Yes No Williams, David USA Yes Yes Yes Wimberly, David CAN Yes Yes Yes Wisemann USA Yes Yes No Worrell, Peter United Kingdom Yes No Yes Yamaha Japan/USA Yes Yes No Yang, Dean Yes Yes No Zhao, Di China Yes Yes No

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