Larry Krantz Flute Pages: Flute Makers

MAKERS OF
FINELY CRAFTED FLUTES
Argentina - Austria - Australia - Belgium - Finland - France - Germany - Italy - North America
Macau - The Netherlands - Philippines - Republic of Ireland - Switzerland - United Kingdom - Japan
updated on June 4, 2008

Makers of Wooden Heads & Wooden Embouchures
compiled by John Braverman Levine, MD
updated on June 4, 2008

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Argentina

Slomka & Mandrini
Olaya 1341 8º “B”, Buenos Aires, Argentina
phone: (5411) 4223-3795
email: sym_flute@hotmail.com
Flutes and Headjoints Boehm System built in wood and precious metals

Austria

Wiener Floetenwerkstatt
Werner Tomasi Ges.m.b.H.,
Neulinggasse 20, A-1030 Wien, Austria.
Telephone: (+43)-7123566
FAX (+43)-1-7123566-10

Herbert Neureiter
Dorf 35
A-6306 Soell
Tel.0049 5333 5502
Flute - and Clarinet maker

Australia

Woodwind Research Australia
Andrew Berrington, Pam Card, Ray Holliday
5/2 Martha St, Paddington QLD 4064
OR
35 Day Rd Cheltenham, NSW 2119
tel: 07 3368 1154 OR 02 9876 1865
Berrington and Card Andrew Berrington, Pam Card
5/2 Martha St, Paddington QLD 4064
tel: 07 3368 1154
Norm and Gary Clare
Newcastle NSW
tel: 049 42 859
John Lehner, Mark O'Connor
Hand made flutes and headjoints in precious metals
The WoodWind Group
72 Edith Street, Leichhardt NSW 2040
tel: 02 9564 1233
fax: 02 9560 9497
Terry McGee
61 Calder Cres
Holder ACT 2611
AUSTRALIA
phone +61 (0)2 6288 8006
fax +61 90)2 6287 4263
e-mail: terry@mcgee-flutes.com
Terry McGee makes wooden flutes and piccolos for Irish music
Mark Hoza
Handmade wooden flutes and wooden head joints for metal flutes
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
email: Mark@WoodenFluteMaker.com
Phone within Australia: (02)6653-8755
Phone from overseas: +61-2-6653-8755

Belgium

Alain Weemaels
11 Avenue de l'Helianthe
1180 Bruxelles, Belgique
telephone: 02.374. 2041
Maker of baroque flute copies.
Gosch Flute
Maker of silver flutes, wooden flutes and wood headjoints
Schille Flute Design
Elleveldweg 70
3150 Haacht
Belgium
Tel: +32 (0)494 996 745
email:sales@goschflute.com

Finland

MATIT-Flutebrothers Inc.
Iso-Roobertinkatu 39F52
FIN-00120 Helsinki
Finland
tel: +358 0 7001 9470
fax: +358 0 7001 9471
Carbon Fibre Flutes
Pekka Karahka
Hirvijoki
SF-03850 PUSULA
FINLAND
+358 0 226 17 11

France

Adrian Brown
Montchanin 71250
Bergesserin, France
phone: 33 385508478
fax: 33 385508576
Salvatore Faulisi
42, rue de Charenton 75012 Paris
Tel: 01 43 44 42 35
FAX: 01 43 40 78 85
Michel Parmenon Flutes
Orleans, France
Neel Flutes
20 quai Pierre Scize
69009 LYON
tel : 00 33 4 37 64 61 53
fax : 00 33 4 78 83 66 87
email: contact@neel-flutes.com

Germany

Anton Braun
In den Obergärten 22
D-63329 Egelsbach
Tel: +49(0)6103-61217
Fax:+49(0)6103-4889024
Hanmade wooden and silver flutes and wooden piccolos
Philipp Hammig & Aug. Hammig
Neue Str. 3-5
D-08258 Markneukirchen
Tel.: (+49-374) 22 25 00
Fax: (+49-374) 22 28 56
Maker of hand crafted flutes and piccolos in wood and metal, alto and bass flutes and accessories.
Bernhard Hammig
Am Schiessrein 17
D - 77933 Lahr
Tel.: +49 7821 22802
Fax.: +49 7821 32487
J.R. Lafin
Lettenweg 5
D-79539 Lörrach
Germany
Tel:+49(0)7621-49117
Fax:+49(0)7621-14294
18k, 14k, 9k, silver and platinum handcrafted headjoints
Mehnert
Ringstrasse 23-1
7321 Ottenbach
Germany
phone: 07165-397
MANCKE-Flutes
Dürsittert 1
D-54597 Lünebach
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 6556 900 840
Fax: +49 (0) 6556 900 858
t.mancke@mancke-flutes.de
Howel Roberts
Flutemaker
Schöntrunk 1
82140 Olching
Germany
Tel: +49 8142 41492
Fax: +49 8142 443581
email: robertsflutes@aol.com
Dana Sheridan
Sheridan Flute Company
Neusserstrasse 701
50737 K"oln
Phone/Fax: 0221 740 40 40

Italy

Ida Maria Grassi & C.
via A. Martini, 15
20092 Cinisello Balsamo, (MI) Italy
Tel: 02-66047969
Rampone & Cazzani
via Motte 10
28896 Quarna Sotto, SB
Phone: 0323 826134
Orsi Prof.Romeo Srl
via Buozzi Bruno 24
20090 Buccinaso, MI
Phone: 0248 843860
Giovanna Michi
via V. Veneto 67
59015 Comeana (Prato)
Italy
Tel: +39-055-8719543
Maker of renaissance and baroque flutes, and wood headjoints for the Boehm flute

Macau

Trinity flute
Travessa do Bispo no.3,
Edf. Veng On Bl-1 3-D,
Macau
Tel : (853)6881024
E-mail : kin_pan_w@hotmail.com
Handmade seamed tubing flutes in silver & gold at a reasonable price, fine and especial handmade wooden piccolo headjoint for Yamaha body

North America

The Abell Flute Co.
111 Grovewood Rd.
Ashville, NC, 28804, USA
828.254.1004 voice, fa
Modern-system flutes with wooden tubes.
Wooden whistles in various keys.
Excellent wooden headjoints to fit silver flutes.
Altus Flutes America, Inc. (North American Altus - distributor)
600 So. Lake Ave., Suite 406
Pasadena, CA 91106
PH: 626-844-9328 / 800-806-7965
email: info@altusflutes.com
FX: 626-844-9305
Emanuel Flutes
Emanuel Arista
1001 Great Pond Road
North Andover, MA 01845 USA
tel: 978-686-6099
email: emanuelflutes@comcast.net
Zacciah Blackburn
SUNREED INSTRUMENTS
2 Fairview Ave
Springfield, VT. 05156
phone and fax: (802) 885-6937
email: Zacciah@sunreed.com
Maker of quality bamboo flutes, shakuhachi, & Native American flutes
Blue Star Spirit
Flute maker from Placitas, New Mexico
Odell Borg
HC2 PO Box 333
Patagonia, Arizona 85624
tel: 520/394/2900
Native American cedar flutes - one piece
Brannen Brothers Flutemakers Inc
58 Dragon Court
Woburn, MA, USA, 01801
phone: (781)935-9522
14k, 9k, silver and platinum available.
Site includes a listing of Brannen flutes reported stolen
Burkart-Phelan Inc.
2 Shaker Rd, #D107
Shirley, MA 01464
Phone: 978-425-4500
Fax: 978-425-9800
High quality flutes, piccolos, and flute headjoints
Roderick Cameron
P.O. Box 438, Mendocino California 95460
rcameron@mcn.org
Casey Burns
9962 Shorty Campbell Rd
Kingston Wa 98346
360-297-4020
cburns@kendaco.telebyte.com
Maker of Irish flutes and Bagpipes
Clifford's Place
Flutist, Flute Maker, Repair and Restoration of Fine Flutes
Clifford Tretick
Tele: Home/Office: 828 280 3050
Mobile: 828 242 4489
Email: clifford@cliffordtretick.com
E.F Dean Flutemakers
800-521-6380
810-546-4135
fax 810-546-8296
1930 Hilton
Ferndale, MI, USA 48220
Endorsed by Louis Moyse.
Emerson DeFord
Custom Woodwinds - DeFord Flutes
1545 W. Lusher Ave
Elkhart, IN 46517 USA
(574) 389-9141
Fax: (574) 389-9141
Sandy Drelinger
P.O. Box 146
North White Plains, NY, USA, 10603
1-800-426-9832
Emmanuel Flutes
Manuel Arista
508-686-6099
fax 508-686-6066
1001 Great Pond Rd.
North Andover, MA, USA 01845
A.I. Eppler Flute Co. Ltd.
Alexander Eppler
206-932-2211
P.O.Box 16513
Seattle, WA, USA 98116-0513
Flute Masters Company
ABA Music, Inc.
P.O. Box 202483
Cleveland, OH 44120
TEL: 216-588-0292
Folkers & Powell
Catherine Folkers and Ardal Powell, Makers of Historical Flutes
49 Route 25
Hudson NY 12534-9508
Tel: 518 828 9779
Fax: 518 822 1416
E-mail: makers@baroqueflute.com
Folkers & Powell study and make replicas of baroque and classical flutes for players, students and collectors around the world.
Rob Forbes
Maker of quality flutes for Irish and Celtic music
Four Winds Walking
Native American Flutes by Jeff King
Full Circle Flute Co. Ltd.
Catherine Folkers and Ardal Powell
49 Route 25
Hudson NY, USA 12534
Tel: 518 828 9779
Fax: 518 822 1416
E-mail: fullcircle@headjoints.com
Wooden Boehm flute headjoints after originals by Louis Lot and Boehm himself.
Gemeinhardt Flutes
J.P. Goosman Flutes Ltd.
& Butterfly Headjoint Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 116
Northwood, N.H. 03261-0116
E-Mail: goosman@tiac.net
PH: 603 942-8868
Inventor & maker of the "Butterfly(TM)" headjoint for Alto, C Flute, and Piccolo
A.D. Geoffrey Flutes America
225 Woolper Ave., No. 2
Cincinnati, OH 45220-1217
513-961-4849
513-295-2547
fax: 513-961-0029
jonathanhein@hotmail.com
Soldered tone holes, long roller, gizmo, C# trill button, silver and gold
Tom Green Flutes, Inc
71266 Indiana Lake Drive
Union, MI, USA 49103
phone: (616) 641-7684
fax: (616) 641-7303
email: tomgreen@tomgreenflutes.com
Handmade flutes & Head Joints
Hall Crystal Flutes Inc.
James Hall
17220 Sargent Road SW
Rochester, WA 98579
Toll Free: 800-231-2499
Email: sales@hallflutes.com
The Hammig Piccolo Company
800.967.6733
800.373.2000
1214 5th Street
Coralville, IA 52241
Professional quality piccolos in Grenadilla and Cocus wood, with standard and thinned-wall headjoints.
Wm S. Haynes Co, Inc.
12 Piedmont Street
Boston, MA 02116
phone: 617-482-7456
Fax: 617-482-1870
email at WmSHaynes@msn.com
Howell Roberts Wooden Flutes & Headjoints
Stephen Heydon
Maker of Native American flutes
P.O. Box 12708
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
Phone : (805) 461-9405
Fax: (805) 461-3182
Robin Hodgkinson
413-527-6938
P.O. Box 692
1 Cottage St.
Easthampton, MA, USA 01027
Maker of Clay Woodwinds.
Trevor James Flutes US
621 Clemmer Ave. #13,
Cincinnati Ohio, 45219,
Ph: 513-579-8294
email: info@fluteworks.com
Tom Lacy Flutes
56973 Pearl Ann Drive
Elkhart, Indiana, USA 46516
Phone/Fax: (219) 293-4800
email: tom@tomlacyflutes.com
Custom Handcrafted Flutes and Headjoints
Jonathon A. Landell - LANDELL FLUTES
529 Williams Hill Rd., Richmond, VT 05477 USA
Phone/FAX (802) 434-4317
Lopatin Flute Co.
122 Riverside Drive, Studio C
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-350-7762
E-mail: lel@lopatinflutes.com
John Lunn Flutes
phone: 603-863-0035
fax: 603-863-3623
email: lunnflutes@nhvt.net 23 Fletcher Rd.
Newport, NH, USA 03773
Easy-reach angled footjoint cluster, 'vanguard' flute design, articles, information about and photos of John Lunn Flutes, HANDS ON! - performance injuries newsletter, The Basic Keys To Solving Performance Injuries
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David Lusk Flutes
5678 Milford, OH, 45150 (Cincinnati)
513-576-6224
Handcrafted flutes and Headjoints.
Mateki Flutes
ABA Music, Inc.
P.O. Box 202483
Cleveland, OH 44120
TEL: 216-588-0292
McCanless Flutes
2596 Lincoln Av.
Oskaloosa, Ia. 52577
Toll Free 1-888-McCanless or 622-2653
E-mail mcflute@pcsia.net
Handmade complete-one man shop. Soldered tone holes-silver and gold.
McKenna Flutes, Inc.
Chris McKenna
8 Raymond Rd.
Deerfield, NH, USA 03037
phone: (603) 463-4185
fax:(603) 463-7230
Miyazawa Flute, and Hammig Piccolo Homepage
800-967-6733
1214 5th St.
Coralville, Iowa, USA 52241
Jack Moore Flutes
58122 Avery Road
Three Rivers, Michigan 49093
Tel/Fax (269) 244-8998
e-mail: jackmooreflutes@comcast.net
Nagahara Flutes
Kanichi Nagahara
131 Stedman St. #7
Chelmsford, MA 01824 USA
Tel. 978-458-1345
Fax. 978-458-1349
High quality silver and gold handmade flutes.
Peter Noy Flutes
1029 NE 69th Street
Seattle, WA
U.S.A. 98115-6623
(206) 729-1903 tel/fax e-mail: cwpn@mindspring.com
Maker of Baroque, Classical and Renaissance Flutes
George Opperman
219.289-2576
1117 Clover Street
South Bend, IN 46615
Handmade piccolos in grenadilla, rosewood, and silver bass flutes
Jim Pappas
Native American Flutes
P.O. Box 430
Dobbins, CA 95935
(916) 692-1124
Pearl Flutes
549 Metroplex Drive
Nashville, TN 37211
(800) 947-3275 ext. 3500
Verne Q. Powell Flutes
Includes: On-line appraisals, free & purchased recording downloads
1 Clock Tower Place
Suite 300
Maynard, MA 01754
phone: 978 461-6111
fax: 978 461-6155
Redwood Productions
Native American wood flutes
SONG STICK
Native American flutes by Troy De Roche, enrolled Blackfeet
Box 247
Hawi HI 96719
email: info@songstick.com
Gene Sagerman
207-529-5420
P.O. Box 790
Waldeboro, ME, USA 04572
Alto Flutes and headjoints.
Selmer Musical Instruments
J.S. Engineering
Jim Schmidt
209-875-0659
4480 North Academy
Sanger, CA, USA 93657
New Fingering System and Flute Design.
Roy Seaman Piccolos
Distributed by Miles Zentner
(see below)
David Straubinger
Straubinger Flutes
5920 S. East Street,
Indianapolis, IN, 46227 USA
Tel: (317) 784-3012
Fax: (317) 781-0096
Email: StraubingerFlutes@worldnet.att.net
Famous for innovative pad design.
Eldred Spell
PO Box 462
Cullowhee, NC 29723
(828) 293-7457
esflutes@AOL.com
Sweetheart Flute Co.
32 South Maple St.
Enfield, CT, USA 06082
Wooden transverse flutes and whistles.
Tanzer Headjoint Co.
Fine Wood Piccolo Headjoints
Stephen Tanzer
P.O. Box 720
Franklinville, NJ 08322
USA
(609) 728-7644
Tsunami Flutes by Dusty Moore
Native North American Flutes
Toll free pager: 1-800-999-6710 then dial 992-7607 and enter your number
email: greatwave@yahoo.com
JB Weissman Music Co.
P.O. Box 425
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
718-454-9288
Williams Flutes Inc.
1165 Massachusetts Avenue Ste 4
Arlington, MA 02476-4330
TEL: 781 643 8839
FAX: 781 643 1949
David Wimberly Flutes
phone:(902) 826-7846
email: ag487@chebucto.ns.ca
15 Schooner Cove Road
Head of St. Margaret's Bay
Nova Scotia B3Z 2B3 Canada
Finest quality flutes and headjoints handmade to custom order
Windwardflutes
Forbes Christie
11 Charlotte Lane
Box 1777
Shelbourne, Nova Scotia
T0T 1W0 Canada
Dean Yang Flutes
Little Piper (North America except California)
P.O. Box 14038
Detroit, MI 48214
(800) 71-PIPER
Fax: (810) 645-5446
California Office:
Dean Yang Flutemaker
P.O. Box 9276
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
(800) 60-FLUTE
Miles Zentner
818-780-7791
5453 Saloma Ave.
Van Nuys, CA 91411
Distributor of Seaman and Zentner Piccolos.
Dealer of handmade flutes.

The Netherlands

Eva Kingma Flutemaker
Hoofdstraat 10
9444 PB Grolloo
The Netherlands
phone/fax: +31-592-501659
email: info@kingmaflutes.com
Altos and Bass flutes, esp. with full open-hole system.
Representative in Europe for Oston-Brannen flutes with the 'Kingma' open-hole system.
Simon Polak
Biezendijk 32
5465LD Zijtaart
the Netherlands
tel:+31413367350 or +31653323202(mobile)
email: simonpolak@earlyflute.com
Maker of replicas of baroque flutes
Atelier Alfred Verhoef
Kennemerstraatweg 116
1815LD Alkmaar
email: info@alfredverhoef.nl
phone: 072-5110879
fax: 072-5110880

Philippines

F. V. Candelaria
Office Address: Filinvest, Quezon City 1119 Philippines
Shop Address: Brgy. del Remedio, Cardona, Rizal, Philippines
phone: (+63)(0)917-880-8757
email: fvcandelaria@yahoo.com
Handcrafted silver and gold flutes and seamed tube headjoints

Switzerland

Flötenbau - Thomas Fehr
Seestrasse 185
CH - 8712 Stäfa
Tel. & Fax.: ++41 1 926 65 26
email: thomas.fehr@floetenbau.ch
maker of traverso and recorder

Republic of Ireland

Hammy Hamilton
Coolea, Macroom, Co. Cork Ireland
Ph. (+353) 026-45209
E-Mail: hammy@tinet.ie
Wooden simple system flutes mainly for the Irish traditional market.
Miller Wicks (NI) Limited
The Harbour Road, Kilkeel, Co.Down N.Ireland
Manufacturer African Blackwood flutes mostly in Bb but also F flutes & piccolos
email: paulirvine@fsmail.net

United Kingdom

Robert Bigio Flutes
1, Doveridge Gardens
London N13 5BJ England
Telephone 020 8882 2627
Fax 020 8882 2728
(International +44 181...)
Email: Robert@bigio.com
Wooden flutes and piccolos; headjoints in wood, silver and gold. Cylindrical wooden piccolos.
Ian McLauchlan
Just Flutes
46 South End
Croydon, Surrey, CR0 1DP
Telephone: +44 020 8662 8420
E-mail: imclauchlan@i-gadgets.com
Maker of headjoints for flute & piccolo.
Silver & Gold material options
Michael Allen
43 Rothbury Road
Rainham, Essex RM13 9HY
England
Telephone 01708 550039
Silver and gold flutes and headjoints
Andrew Oxley
Rowan Cottage, Church Street
Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7EL
England
Telephone 01963 350780
Silver and gold flutes and headjoints
Flutemakers Guild Ltd.
10, Shacklewell Lane, London N16 7TA
England
Tel: (0) 20-7254-6362
Fax: (0) 20-7254-7175
Bob Afifi - San Fransisco Area Representative
Makers of fine wood flutes and headjoints
Stephen Wessel
Millbrook House, Alhampton
Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 6PX
England
Telephone 01749 860047
Silver flutes with stainless steel keys
Albert Cooper
9 West Road, Clapham
London SW4 7DL
England
Telephone 020 7622 7863
Silver and gold flutes and headjoints
Peter Worrell
28 Hall Lane,
Wacton, Norwich,
Norfolk NR15 2UH
England
Telephone 01508 530378
email: pete@worrelldesign.co.uk
Alto flutes & wooden flute heads
Nick Crabb
34 Pennybank Chambers
33-35 St. John's Square
Clerkenwell
London EC1M 4DS
England
Telephone 020 7250 0727
Flutes and headjoints

Japan

ALTUS Co., Ltd.
717-1 Karasugawa, Horigane-mura
Minamiazumi-gun, Nagano-ken, JAPAN
TEL: 0263-(73)5000
FAX: 0263-(73)5005
PRESIDENT - Shuichi Tanaka
Kotato and Fukushima
Nakano 2-13-18
Niiza-shi
Saitama-ken
tel.: 048-483-1728
Makers of fine Concert, Bass, Contra-Bass, and Double Contra-Bass futes.
Kotato Flutes Kohboh,
9 - 17, Chikumazawa Miyoshi-Machi,
Irumagun Saitama-Ken 354,
Japan
Telephone & Fax: 0492 (59) 1727
Muramatsu, Inc
1-23-2 Kamitakaido
Sugunami-ku, Tokyo, 168 JAPAN
TEL: 81-3-5374-6283
FAX: 81-3-5374-629
Muramatsu-America
Sankyo Flutes

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