Simon Polak

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Baroque flute maker offers fingering charts and historical information, and discusses types of wood and tuning.

Copies of baroque flutes: pictures; brief history of the flute; information on tuning and temperaments.

Presents photos, descriptions, and information about historical European and American flutes from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Performance practices are also discussed.

Historical information about players, makers, composers, and instruments of the past 800 years. Site contains articles, pictures, and a catalog of books and CDs.

A self-maintaining, worldwide database of baroque flute teachers.

Source for locating flute-related information on the Internet. Site contains a large collection of flute links in multiple categories.

Quarterly newsletter of news and information about the flute and its music in the eighteenth and adjacent centuries.

Founded in 1920. Board of directors, membership details, concerts and competitions, history, contributors, and links.

Makes copies of baroque, classical, and renaissance transverse flutes. Books, newsletter and research information.

MP3s, articles, fingering charts, music, lessons, and links.

Renaissance, Baroque and Romantic flutes modeled after originals in museums and in private collections.