Altus

Altus supplies an all silverplated, nickel silver bass flute with hand cut solid lip plate and riser.  The instrument uses a William Bennett scale and has E mechanism and trill keys as standard.  All touch pieces are grenadilla wood.  It is supplied in a sturdy case with case cover, having a shoulder strap for easy carriage.
 

Also see ‘Mid-Range Flutes’ ‘Hand Made Flutes’ ‘Alto Flutes’  
Armstrong

Founded by Mr W.T. Armstrong, the range of Armstrong flutes has included piccolos, concert flutes and harmony instruments such as flutes in Eb, G trebles and alto and bass flutes.  Many notable flute makers started their careers at Armstrong, including Emerson DeFord and Jack Moore.  These two makers developed and made the 'Heritage' line of flutes for Armstrong during the 1970s which, as a hand made instrument, enhamced Armstrongs reputation.

The model AFL902 Bass Flute is silverplated throughout with extended touch pieces for added comfort.
 

 Also see ‘Piccolos’ ‘Alto Flutes’

 Hammig (Philipp)

The Hammig family has been making instruments in Markneukirchen, Germany since 1781.  From the early 1800’s they have made many different woodwind instruments including oboe, bassoon, basset-horn, serpent as well as flute and flute d’amores.  Famous members of the family have been Helmut, Johannes, August Richard and Philipp.  The instruments carrying the name Philipp Hammig remain the most prolific to date with particular emphasis on the wooden piccolos, altos and
bass flutes.

The Philipp Hammig bass flute is one of the more lightweight instruments.  It has extended touch pieces for the left hand on both the G# and G keys and, therefore, may suit a player with smaller hands who has trouble on normal key work.
 

Also see ‘Piccolos’ ‘Alto Flutes’  
Kingma

As well as making high quality hand made alto and bass flutes, Eva is world renowned for her pioneering work in developing the quarter tone bass and alto and concert flute especially created for use in contemporary music employing extended techniques. This key system has all the normal touch pieces that you would expect on the flute but also has 6 piggy-back keys and B foot and C# trill keys as standard to create the quarter tones.  In addition to using the system on her own concert flutes Eva has collaborated with the Brannen-Cooper company to produce an 'Oston-Brannen' and 'Brannen-Cooper' version.  She has recently developed the 'Kingma System' for use on wooden flutes and altos and has also made two 'left-handed' flutes to order.  Eva uses Cooper scales and head joint design on her flutes.

Flutes are made to order.  Please contact us for availability.
 

Also see ‘Alto Flutes’  
 

Monnig

The Monnig family has a long history of instrument making.  From 1885 when Otto Monnig completed his training in London, they built their reputation as flute makers.  The factory is based in Markneukirchen, Germany in close proximity to many other flute making companies.

Monnig manufacture strong, robust bass flutes with 'Winged Lip Plate' and raised riser to help the bottom octave.  They produce models with and without trill keys and supply all instruments with a Boehm crutch to help support the instrument with the left hand.

Also see ‘Alto Flutes’  
Yamaha

The Yamaha bass flute is made from a body tube of lacquered brass with silverplated, nickel silver key work and solid lip plate.
 

 Also see ‘Student Flutes’ ‘Mid-Range Flutes’ ‘Hand Made Flutes’ ‘Piccolos’ ‘Alto Flutes’  

Kotato and Fukushima – Sub-contrabass flutes

Kotato and Fukushima produce a range of the largest flutes available.  In addition to normal bass flutes they produce 'Contra-bass' and 'Contra-alto' flutes (i.e. an octave below the normal bass and alto) and also a Subcontra-bass (3 octaves below middle C!).  These flutes are very well designed and are astonishingly easy to play.  They are made individually to order, please contact us for more details.

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