Construction Straight or Bent Key C Fingering Baroque

characteristics details key c pitch a' = 442 fingering keys allow for easy fingering

Pitch: a=442

elegant plum wood 4404 warm

J. J. Quantz Transverse Flute by Martin Wenner Tuning:a=415 Construction Straight or Bent KeyJohann Joachim Quantz (1697 1773) was probably the best known flute player of the 18th century. His fame is due not only to his compositions and his book On Playing the Flute (1752), but also to the fact that he was the flute teacher of Frederick the Great of Prussia. In 1739 Quantz began his own research into flute making but it is still uncertain as to whether he made the flutes himself or was just involved in their final tuning. Quantz flutes are