List of flute makers

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

Caption: Flute makers

Maker	Country	Comment	Active	Flute maker	Headjoint maker	Website
Abell, Christopher	USA	Maker of wooden flutes	Yes	Yes	No	http://www.abellflute.com
Aihara	Japan		Yes	Yes	No	https://aiharaflute.jp
Akiyama	Japan		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.akiyamaflute.com
Allen, Michael J.	United Kingdom	Maker of handmade flutes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Almeida, Edward "Ed"	USA	Master craftsman. d. 1992	No	Yes	No
Altus	Japan	Well-known maker of high end flutes	Yes	Yes	No	http://www.altusflutes.com
Arista	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.aristaflutes.com
Emanuel	USA	Hand made flutes for professionals made to order.	Yes	Yes	Yes	http://www.emanuelflute.com
Armstrong	USA	Now owned by Conn-Selmer	Yes	Yes	No	https://www.conn-selmer.com/en-us/our-brands/armstrong
Artley	USA	Now defunct Conn-Selmer brand. Once manufacturer of band instruments.	No	Yes	No
Avanti	USA	A Conn-Selmer brand	No	Yes	No
Azumi by Altus	Japan	Intermediate Altus models	Yes	Yes	No	http://www.azumi.eu
Bailey, Bruce	USA		Yes	Yes	No	https://www.flickr.com/photos/12157552@N02/tags/bis/
Bertrem, Brian	USA		Yes	Yes	No	https://www.facebook.com/btbertremwoodwinds
Bigio, Robert	United Kingdom	British flautist, Historian, writer and flutemaker. Known for wooden flutes, but currently making only headjoints.	Yes	Yes	Yes	http://www.bigio.co.uk
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	No	https://www.brannenflutes.com/
Braun, Anton	Germany		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.braunflutes.com/
Briccialdi	Italy		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.briccialdi.it
Buffet Crampon	France	No longer makes flutes, but makes other wind instruments	No	Yes	No	http://www.buffet-crampon.com
Burkart-Phelan	USA	Professional level flutes and piccolos	Yes	Yes	Yes	http://www.burkart.com
Chu, David	USA		Yes	No	Yes	http://www.sideblown.com/
Conn-Selmer	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.conn-selmer.com/en-us/our-instruments/band-instruments/flutes/
Cooper, Albert	United Kingdom	Master craftsman and flute innovator. d. 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	http://www.martindoyleflutes.com
Drelinger, Sanford "Sandy"	USA		Yes	No	Yes	http://www.drelinger.com/
Eloy	Netherlands	Handmade flutes made from unique Japanese style alloys	Yes	Yes	No	http://www.eloyflutes.com/
Eppler, Alexander	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.epplerflutes.com/
Erik the Flutemaker	USA	Specializing in handcrafted bamboo flutes	Yes	Yes	No	http://eriktheflutemaker.com/
Fehr, Thomas	Switzerland		Yes	No	Yes	http://www.floetenbau.ch
Faulisi, Salvatore	France		Yes	No	Yes	http://www.laflutetraversiere.com
Fife by Zack	Washington, DC US	Bamboo flutes made and sold by teenage musician during 70s	Unknown	Yes	Not known
Fisher	Germany	Wood and metal flutes	Yes	Yes	No	http://www.werner-fischer-bremen.de/instrumente/?lang=en
Flute Lab	Netherlands		Yes	No	Yes	http://flutelab.com/
FMC	Japan		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.flute-masters.com
Fluteworx	South Africa		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.fluteworx.co.za/about.php
Gemeinhardt	USA/Taiwan	Including the Brio! model. Majority-owned by Angel Industries Co. Ltd. of Taiwan since 2011.	Yes	Yes	Yes	http://www.gemeinhardt.com
Geoghegan Co.	USA	Founded by Michael Geoghegan, the company was pioneer in silver brazing tone holes	No	Yes	No
Giorgessi, Giorgio	Italy		Yes	No	Yes	http://www.suonoflauti.it/
Goosman	USA		Yes	No	Yes	http://www.butterflyheadjoints.com
Gordon, Martin	United Kingdom/USA		Yes	No	Yes	http://www.gordonflutesboston.com/
Gosse, Harry	Germany		Yes	No	Yes	http://harrygosse.com http://www.boehmfloete.de/
Green, Tom	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.tomgreenflutes.com
Guo Musical Instrument Co.	Taiwan		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.gflute.com
Hammig	Germany/USA	Famous flutemaking dynasty	Yes	Yes	No	http://www.hammig-boehmfloetenbau.de/ http://hammig.com
Hammig, Bernhard	Germany/USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.hammig-flutes.com/ http://www.bernhardhammig.com/
Haynes, William S.	USA	Historic Boston flutemaker	Yes	Yes	No	http://wmshaynes.com
Hutton, Trevor	New Zealand		No	Yes	Yes	http://www.trevorhuttonflutes.com
Inderbinen	Switzerland		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.inderbinen.com
Iwao	Japan		Yes	Yes	No	http://iwaoflute.com/index.html
James, Trevor	United Kingdom		Yes	Yes	No	http://tjflutes.com
Jupiter	Taiwan		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.jupitermusic.com/
Jochen Mehnert & Söhne	Germany		Yes	Yes	Yes	http://www.mehnertfloeten.de/
Karl Hammerschmidt & Söhne	Germany	Historic woodwind maker. Still produces six/seven-keyed simple system Piccollos, but in the pitch of Cb.	Yes	Yes	No	http://www.karl-hammerschmidt-klarinetten.de/
Keefe	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://keefepiccolo.com
Kingma, Eva	Netherlands	Low flute maker and designer of the kingma system	Yes	Yes	No	http://www.kingmaflutes.com/mySite/index.html
Koregelos	USA	George Koregelos, also founder of House of Woodwind, d. 2012, made flutes in the 70s.	No	Yes	No	http://www.hwproducts.com
Kotato	Japan	Famous for low flutes	Yes	Yes	No	http://kotatoflute.web.fc2.com/index.html
Kuiper, Dirk	Netherlands	d. 2006	No	Yes	No
Lacy, Tom	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://tomlacyflutes.com/
Lafin, J. R.	Germany		Yes	No	Yes	http://www.lafinheadjoints.com/
Lamberson, Nathaniel "Tip"	USA	ret. 1985, d. 2005	No	Yes	No
Landell, Jonathon	USA	Master flutemaker making handmade flutes in rural Vermont	Yes	Yes	Yes	http://www.landellflutes.com
Lebret	France	Defunct historical flute maker	No	Yes	No
Lehner, John	Australia		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.johnlehner.com/
Levit	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://levitflutes.com
Lewis, Gary	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.garylewisflutes.com
Lopatin, Leonard E.	USA	Maker and designer of the SquareONE family of flutes made to the Lopatin Scale	Yes	Yes	No	http://lopatinflutes.com/
Lot, Louis	France	Most famous French flute maker of the 19th century	No	Yes	No
Lunn, John	USA		Yes	Yes	No	https://web.archive.org/web/20120426081406/http://www.johnlunn.com/lunnflutes/
Mancke	Germany		Yes	No	Yes	http://www.mancke.com/
Mateki	Japan		no	Yes	No	http://mateki-flute.net
Matit	Finland		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.matitflutes.com
McCanless	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://mccanlessflutes.com
McKenna, Chris	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.mckennaflutes.com
McLauchlan, Ian	United Kingdom		Yes	No	Yes	http://www.headjoints.co.uk/
Michael, J.	China		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.jmichael.jp
Miyazawa	Japan		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.miyazawa.com
Moore, Jack	USA	Master craftsman. Retired. Made Alex Murray system flutes.	No	Yes	No
Murali	China		Yes	Yes	No	http://muraliflutes.com
Muramatsu	Japan		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.muramatsuflute.com/e-menu.html
Myall-Allen	United Kingdom	Brandname for treble flute in G made by Allen and sold by Jonathan Myall Music (a.k.a. Justflutes)	Yes	Yes	No
Nagahara	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.nagaharaflutes.com
Natsuki	Japan		Yes	Yes	No	http://natsukiflute.music.coocan.jp
Neel	Germany		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.neelflutes.com/
Nomata	Japan		Yes	Yes	No
Northbridge	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.northbridgewinds.com
Novo, Juan	USA	Maker of the FANTASIA flute and custom wooden headjoints	Yes	Yes	Yes	http://www.jnovoheadjoints.com
Oleg	USA		Yes	No	Yes	http://olegproducts.com/
Olwell Flutes	USA	Father and son, Patrick and Aaron Olwell, makers of mainly Irish flutes	Yes	Yes	Yes	https://www.olwellflutes.com/
Opperman	USA	Maker of piccolos, alto and bass flutes as well as C flutes and head joints. d. 2016	No	Yes	No
Oxley, Andrew	United Kingdom		Yes	No	Yes
Parmenon	France		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.parmenon.fr
Pearl Flutes	Japan		Yes	Yes	No	http://pearlflutes.com
Powell, Verne Q.	USA	Well-known and admired Boston flutemaker	Yes	Yes	No	https://www.powellflutes.com/en/
Powell, Edward V.	USA	Son of Verne Q. Powell	No	Yes	No
Resona	USA	Intermediate range flute produced by Burkart	Yes	Yes	No	http://www.resonaflutes.com
Reynolds, F.A.	USA		No	Yes	No
Rittershausen, Emil	Germany	Boehm’s successor. d. 1927	No	Yes	No
Roberts, Howell	United Kingdom		Yes	No	Yes
Roosen	France		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.roosen.fr
Rudall, Carte & Co	United Kingdom	Most important historic English flute maker	No	Yes	No
S. Kotel	USA		Yes	Yes	Yes	http://skotel-flutes.com/
Sagerman, Gene	USA		Yes	No	Yes
Sakurai	Japan		Yes	Yes	No	http://sakuraiflute.com/mission/index_en.php
Sankyo Flute Company	Japan	Founded 1968 and well-known for high quality flutes.	Yes	Yes	No	http://sankyoflutes.com/
Sheridan, Dana	USA/Germany		Yes	Yes	Yes	http://www.danasheridan.de
Solexa	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.solexaflutes.com
Song Flute	Korea		Yes	No	Yes	http://songflute.com/
Spell, Eldred	USA		Yes	No	Yes
Straubinger Flutes	USA	Also known for making successful synthetic pads adopted for many high-end flutes	Yes	Yes	No	http://straubingerflutes.com/
Takumi Flute	Tokyo		No	Yes	No
Tomasi	Austria		Yes	Yes	No
Verhoef, Alfred	Netherlands	Handmade wooden concert flutes in five sorts of wood.	Yes	Yes	No	http://www.verhoef-flutes.com
Viento			Yes	Yes	No	http://www.viento-flutes.com
Webb, John	United Kingdom	Retired	No	No	Yes
Wenner, Martin	Germany		Yes	No	Yes	http://wennerfloeten.de/
Wessel, Stephen	United Kingdom		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.wessel-flutes.co.uk
Williams, David	USA		Yes	Yes	Yes	http://www.williamsflutes.com
Wimberly, David	CAN		Yes	Yes	Yes	https://www.wimberlyflutes.com/
Wisemann	USA		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.jbwflutes.com
Worrell, Peter	United Kingdom		Yes	No	Yes	http://www.peterworrell.co.uk
Yamaha	Japan/USA		Yes	Yes	No	https://usa.yamaha.com
Yang, Dean			Yes	Yes	No	http://www.dean-yang.com
Zhao, Di	China		Yes	Yes	No	http://www.dizhaoflutes.com