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- The flute is a member of the woodwind family but it hasn’t been made of wood for 150 years!
- The flute is the only woodwind that does not use a reed. Its sound is produced by air hitting the edge of the tone hole.
- The flute in the Renaissance was one piece of boxwood with a cork stopper and six finger holes.
- The major redesign of the flute that produced the modern system was made by Theobald Boehm in the 19th century.
- Early flutes were sometimes called “transverse” flutes to distinguish them from recorders which were played vertically.