The first flute created was in southern germany approximately 35 000 years ago according to the archaeologists. Theobald boehm the german wind instrument manufacturer demonstrated a revolutionary new type of flute at the paris exhibition of 1847.

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1360 guillaume de machaut makes a distinction flutes that use a block to direct air at the edge of the hole like the recorder and flutes that need the players to direct air with their lips the transverse flute.

When was the flute first made. Circa 1320 the one peiced two inch wooden flute is invented. In 1830 a german watchmaker an amateur flutist and a goldsmith theobald boehm developed the first modern flute. This flute had a metal tube with numerous keys attached.

The oldest flute ever discovered may be a fragment of the femur of a juvenile cave bear with two to four holes found at divje babe in slovenia and dated to about 43 000 years ago. It is named the hohle fels griffon vulture flute. The five holed flute has a v shaped mouthpiece and is made from a.

This flute is in the key of d. The instrument at that time was about eight and a half inches long and less than a half of an inch wide. The modern flute as we know it was invented by theobald boehm in 1847.

History the modern day flute is derived from the pan flute and the tin whistle both of which became popular in europe between the12th and14th centuries. However this has been disputed. Ivan turk who led the excavation discovered the bone flute laid beside a hearth once used by.

We don t know when or where the first flute was made though we know that flutes have been around since before written language. The modern flute regressed back to a cylindrical bore and realized the desired range and suitable intonation by elongating the end unit above the embouchure hole and modifying the position and size of the finger holes. The neanderthal flute found in the cave of divje babe in slovenia is thought to date back at least 50 000 years making it the oldest known musical instrument in the world.

It was discovered by archaeologists in a cave near the idrijca river in 1995. We find depictions of transverse flutes in artwork as early as the ninth century bc and vertical flutes have been found in the swabian alb region of germany that are said to be from 43 000 to 35 000 years ago. In 2008 another flute dated back to at least 35 000 years ago was discovered in hohle fels cave near ulm germany.

Design perfected by theobald boehm.