Makers of Wooden Heads & Wooden Embouchures
compiled by John Braverman Levine, MD
updated on November 8, 2009

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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 Coulon-Duffy Leiseledorp, 24 8691 Leisele-Alveringem Belgium 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 Eulnerstr. 41 D-54662 Speicher Germany Fon: +49 (0) 6562 974 311 Fax: +49 (0) 6562 974 322 info@mancke.com 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 Harry Gosse Schillerstr. 5a D-79822 Titisee-Neustadt Tel/Fax - +49 (0) 7651 4202 Email - mail@boehmfloete.de Handmade Professional Gold, Silver, Wood - Flutes & Headjoints Hungary Mate Szederkenyi 1028 BUDAPEST Szechenyi u.41 email: szederkenyimate@invitel.hu tel: 003670- 93-86-588 hand made flute headjoints for metal and wooden flutes materials from silver935,14Kgold, african rosewood, grenadilla, etc. 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 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 Di Zhao Flutes 38 Chicory Road Westford, MA 01886 978-692-2685 Emanuel Flutes Emanuel Arista 1001 Great Pond Road North Andover, MA 01845 USA tel: 978-686-6099 email: emanuelflutes@comcast.net Zacciah Blackburn Owner and Crafstman Sunreed World Musical Instruments P.O. Box 389; (220 Hidden Glen Rd.) Ascutney, VT 05030 USA Phone: (802) 674-9585; Fax: (802) 674-9586 e-mail: Zacciah@sunreed.com 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 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 "Hands On" newsletter" 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 Flutes 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 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 Eloy Flutes Hoevenstraat 8 5712 GW Someren The Netherlands Tel: 31-(0)493-471290 info@eloyflutes.com Professional handmade flutes in silver, gold and Patented Mokumeum© 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 Martin Doyle Flutes Rannagh, Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland email: martin@martindoyleflutes.com phone: +353 65 708 1455 mobile: +353 87 630 2918 High quality simple system wooden flutes. 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.worrell@btinternet.com 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 Taiwan Guo Musical Instruments Company Telephone:886-4-2382-3654, 886-4-23866255 Facsimile:886-4-2386-6214 Postal Address: G.M.I.C. No.15,Lane 228,Sec.2,Li-Ming Rd, Taichung City,Taiwan 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 If you know of other fine flute makers who are not included or if you have updated information then please send me the details: Return to my home page