Concert Flute

Woodwind instrument producing sound from airflow across an embouchure hole, among humanity's oldest instruments.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Bone flutes over 40,000 years old from Germany's Swabian Jura are among the oldest known instruments.
• Modern cylindrical bore and key mechanism were designed by Theobald Boehm in the mid-19th century.
• Sound is produced without a reed, by an air jet splitting across the embouchure hole's edge.

Specifications & Metrics

• FAMILY: Woodwind
• RANGE: C4 – C7