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Instruments
Concert Flute
Boehm system · edge-tone woodwind
No reed — the flutist splits their own breath on the edge of the embouchure hole, setting up an air-reed oscillation inside a precisely bored silver tube. Theobald Boehm’s 1847 keywork brought it into the modern era.
Key specifications
Key
C
Length
67 cm (3 joints)
Keys
16 (Boehm, 1847)
Range
C4 – C7+
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