The following are flute makers who produce flutes from a wide variety of materials:
Maker | Country of origin | Comment/description | Active? | Flute maker? | Head joint maker? |
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Abell, Christopher | USA | Maker of wooden flutes and wooden penny whistles | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Aihara | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | |
Akiyama | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | |
Allen, Michael J. | United Kingdom | Maker of handmade flutes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Almeida, Edward "Ed" | USA | Master craftsman, died 1992 | No | Yes | No |
Altus | Japan | Well-known maker of high end flutes | Yes | Yes | No |
Arista Flutes | USA | Professional flutes and headjoints made in precious metals alto flute headjoints | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Armstrong | USA | Now owned by Conn-Selmer | Yes | Yes | No |
Artley | USA | Now defunct Conn-Selmer brand. The company made piccolos, C flutes, E-flat soprano flutes, alto and bass flutes. (The bass flute was designed by T.S. Ogilvie) | No | Yes | No |
Avanti | USA | A Conn-Selmer brand | No | Yes | No |
Azumi by Altus | Japan | Intermediate Altus models | Yes | Yes | No |
Bertrem, Brian | USA | Yes | Yes | No | |
Bigio, Robert | United Kingdom | British flautist, Historian, writer and flutemaker. Known for wooden flutes, but currently making only headjoints. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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 | Yes |
Braun, Anton | Germany | Yes | Yes | No | |
Briccialdi | Italy | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Buffet Crampon | France | No longer makes flutes | No | Yes | No |
Bulgheroni | Italy | Wooden Flute and Piccolo flute maker | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Burkart-Phelan | USA | Professional level flutes and piccolos | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Chu, David | USA | Maker of Wood & Bamboo Headjoints for Boehm Flutes & Alto Flutes | Yes | No | Yes |
Conn-Selmer | USA | Yes | Yes | No | |
Cooper, Albert | United Kingdom | Master craftsman and flute innovator, died 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 |
Drelinger, Sanford "Sandy" | USA | Died April 2021 | Yes | No | Yes |
Eloy | Netherlands | Handmade flutes made from unique Japanese style alloys | Yes | Yes | No |
Emanuel Flutes | Boston, USA | Hand made flutes for professionals made to order | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Eppler, Alexander | USA | No | Yes | No | |
Erik the Flutemaker | USA | Specializing in handcrafted bamboo flutes | Yes | Yes | No |
Fehr, Thomas | Switzerland | Yes | No | Yes | |
Faulisi, Salvatore | France | Yes | No | Yes | |
Fisher | Germany | Wood and metal flutes | Yes | Yes | No |
Flute Lab | Netherlands | Yes | No | Yes | |
FMC | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | |
Fluteworx | South Africa | Yes | Yes | No | |
Gemeinhardt | USA/Taiwan | Including the Brio! model. Majority-owned by Angel Industries Co. Ltd. of Taiwan since 2011. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Geoghegan Co. | USA | Founded by Michael Geoghegan, the company was pioneer in silver brazing tone holes | Yes | Yes | No |
Gerhard Sachs | Germany | Very low-profile fine Flute maker from Sonnenbühl | No | Yes | Yes |
Giorgessi, Giorgio | Italy | Yes | No | Yes | |
Goosman | USA | Mara died 2015. | No | No | Yes |
Gordon, Martin | United Kingdom/USA | Yes | No | Yes | |
Gorset, Hans Olav | Norway | Baroque flutes | Yes | Yes | |
Gosse, Harry | Germany | Yes | No | Yes | |
Green, Tom | USA | No | Yes | No | |
Guo Musical Instrument Co. | Taiwan | Manufacturer of composite material flutes. Geoffrey Guo invented the material Grenaditte, which is used both in his instruments and Pearl piccolos. One of the few manufacturers of G Treble Flutes. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hammig, Bernhard | Germany | Famous flutemaking dynasty | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hammig, Philipp and Aug.Rich. OHG | Germany | Famous flutemaking dynasty | Yes | Yes | No |
Haynes, William S. | USA | Historic Boston flutemaker | Yes | Yes | No |
Hutton, Trevor | New Zealand | No | Yes | Yes | |
Inderbinen | Switzerland | Yes | Yes | No | |
Iwao | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | |
James, Trevor | United Kingdom-Taiwan | Yes | Yes | No | |
Josef Müller | Germany | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Jupiter | Taiwan | Yes | Yes | No | |
Jochen Mehnert & Söhne | Germany | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Karl Hammerschmidt & Söhne | Germany | Historic woodwind maker. Still produces six/seven-keyed simple system Piccolos, but in the pitch of C-sharp. | Yes | Yes | No |
Keefe | USA | Wood Piccolos | Yes | Yes | Yes |
King, Travis | B.C. Canada | Irish wooden flutes | Yes | Yes | No |
Kingma, Eva | Netherlands | Low flute maker and designer of the kingma system | Yes | Yes | No |
Koregelos | USA | George Koregelos, also founder of House of Woodwind, died 2012, made flutes in the 1970s. | No | Yes | No |
Kotato | Japan | Famous for low flutes | Yes | Yes | No |
Kuiper, Dirk | Netherlands | died 2006 | No | Yes | No |
Lacy, Tom | USA | Yes | Yes | No | |
Lafin, J. R. | Germany | master headjoint maker | Yes | No | Yes |
Lamberson, Nathaniel "Tip" | USA | ret. 1985, died 2005 | No | Yes | No |
Landell, Jonathon | USA | Master flutemaker making handmade flutes in Pennsylvania[1] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kramer, Christoph | Germany | Master headjointmaker | Yes | No | Yes |
Lebret | France | Defunct historical flute maker | No | Yes | No |
Lehner, John | Australia | Yes | Yes | No | |
Levit | USA | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Lewis, Gary | USA | Yes | Yes | No | |
Lopatin, Leonard E. | USA | Retired Maker and designer of the SquareONE family of flutes made with square tone holes, to the Lopatin Scale | No | Yes | Yes |
Lot, Louis | France | Most famous French flute maker of the 19th century | No | Yes | No |
Lucas Fovet | France | Gasba, Kaval, Quena, Saxoflute, Svirka, Flauta Transversal, Bamboo flutes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lunn, John | USA | Maker of artistic and decorative concert flutes. Retired in 2020 | No | Yes | No |
Mancke | Germany | No | No | Yes | |
Mascolo | Brazil | Handmade head joint | Yes | No | Yes |
Mateki | Japan | Closed on 31 december 2019 | no | Yes | No |
Matit | Finland | Yes | Yes | No | |
McCanless | USA | No | Yes | No | |
McChord Flutes | USA | Manufacturer of handmade and custom headjoints of the highest quality | Yes | No | Yes |
McKenna, Chris | USA | Yes | Yes | No | |
McLauchlan, Ian | United Kingdom | No | No | Yes | |
Mehnert | Germany | Böhm flute maker since 1891 | Yes | Yes | No |
Michael, J. | China | Yes | Yes | No | |
Miyazawa | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | |
Moore, Jack | USA | Master craftsman. RIP. Made Alex Murray system flutes. | No | Yes | No |
Murali | China | Boston flutemaker manufacturing in China | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Muramatsu | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | |
Myall-Allen | United Kingdom | Treble flute in G | Yes | Yes | No |
Nagahara | USA | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Natsuki | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | |
Nomata | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | |
Northbridge | USA China | Yes | Yes | No | |
Novo, Juan | USA | Maker of the FANTASIA flute and custom wooden headjoints | No | Yes | Yes |
Oleg | USA | Oleg Garbuzov died in 2022. His company no longer offers flutes, headjoints or flute-related products. | No | No | No |
Olwell Flutes | USA | Father and son, Patrick and Aaron Olwell, makers of mainly Irish flutes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Opperman | USA | Maker of piccolos, alto and bass flutes as well as C flutes and head joints, died 2016 | No | Yes | No |
Oxley, Andrew | United Kingdom | Yes | No | Yes | |
Parmenon | France | Maker of concert flutes (Buffet Crampon group) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pap, Marton - TheFluteMan | Philippines | Maker of Native American Flutes, Mid To Bass Range | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pearl Flutes | Japan | Maker of Piccolos, C Flutes, Alto and Bass Flutes, and Contrabass Flutes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Powell, Verne Q. | USA | Boston flute maker (Buffet Crampon group) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Powell, Edward V. | USA | Son of Verne Q. Powell | No | Yes | No |
Resona | USA China | Intermediate range flute produced by Burkart | Yes | Yes | No |
Reynolds, F.A. | USA | No | Yes | No | |
Rittershausen, Emil | Germany | Boehm’s successor, died 1927 | No | Yes | No |
Roberts, Howell | United Kingdom | Yes | No | Yes | |
Roosen | France | Yes | Yes | No | |
Rudall, Carte & Co | United Kingdom | Most important historic English flute maker | No | Yes | No |
Sagerman, Gene | USA | Yes | No | Yes | |
Sakurai | Japan | Yes | Yes | No | |
Sankyo Flute Company | Japan | Founded 1968 and well-known for high quality flutes. | Yes | Yes | No |
Sheridan, Dana | USA/Germany | Retired | No | Yes | Yes |
Solexa | USA China | Yes | Yes | No | |
Song Flute | Korea | No | No | Yes | |
Spell, Eldred | USA | No | No | No | |
Straubinger Flutes | USA | Also known for making successful synthetic pads adopted for many high-end flutes | Yes | Yes | No |
Takumi Flute | Tokyo | No | Yes | No | |
Tomasi | Austria | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Verhoef, Alfred | Netherlands | Handmade wooden concert flutes in five sorts of wood. | Yes | Yes | No |
Viento | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Webb, John | United Kingdom | Retired | No | No | Yes |
Wenner, Martin | Germany | Yes | No | Yes | |
Wessel, Stephen | United Kingdom | Yes | Yes | No | |
Williams, David | USA | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Wimberly, David | CAN | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Wisemann | USA | Yes | Yes | No | |
Worrell, Peter | United Kingdom | Yes | No | Yes | |
Yamaha | Japan/USA | Yes | Yes | No | |
Yang, Dean | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Zhao, Di | China | Yes | Yes | No |