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The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family
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Flute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The flute has been dated to prehistoric times. The tin whistle (an Irish flute) first appeared in the 12th century, and the recorder in the 14th century. However, these flutes varied greatly in size and range. The first literary appearance of the transverse flute was made in 1285, but early on the instrument was only used in Germany and France. The 20th century saw a revival of the recorder, while...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flute
Early Flutes
Panpipes are named after the god Pan, the faun (a half-man half-goat). Neanderthals are thought to have made versions of the flute. A gourd thousands of years old with two holes and a notch for blowing into was found in North Africa. He was so sad that he cut the reed into different lengths, bound them together, and played this instrument to cosole himself. They still are in some places today s...
http://www.geocities.com/riverdanceflutist/flutehistoryearly.html
The History of the Flute
This brings us to 1660 when things really started to happen for the flute. Soon after, about 1550, the violin is created in Italy. This may be the very fist type of flutes created. Hotteterre designed a new kind of one-keyed flute. About 300 A.D. clay whistle flutes are found in Mexico and in 1100 people in the West start playing side-blown flutes.
http://lishlindsey.com/flutehistory.html
Hsieh Layout
Te years from 1650 to 1750 were a golden age of violin making. Te violin family first appeared in northern Italy in the first half of the 16th century, and has changed little since the 1550s. With the deaths of Stradivari in 1737 and Guarneri in 1744, the Cremonese school of violin making came to an abrupt end. Although the wood used in violins is already dry, minute changes in water content...
http://eands.caltech.edu/articles/LXVII4/Hsieh%20Layout.pdf
string
Therefore don't let the name intimidate you when trying a cello. Stradivari made over 600 violins and about 50 cellos. It is rare that you see a rib crack on a violin or a viola. One of the most common beliefs in choosing an instrument is that the more you pay the better the tone. With age the wood hardens and becomes more resonant.
http://www.tonynit.com/string.pdf


       
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