Fleets of Flutes, a NAPBIRT Clinic
National Conf. April 2025
Fleets of Flutes PowerPoint (PDF - the PowerPoint was huge...I can email it if you want it or just a link of something specific)
Survey Questions
Survey Answers
*for links to the bionic wrench I use for headcork plates and the t-slot piece for the key trapezeSee my organization clinic links here
Helpful Links
Flute Tone Hole Repair - Brian Russel PDF
Muramatsu America - Training Program PDF
Establishing the Required Thickness of Flute Pad by Lars Kirmser PDF
Woodwind Methods Resource File - Anatomy of a Flute
Books
The Flute and Flute Playing by Theobald BoehmAn Essay on the Construction of Flutes by Theobald Bohm
Woodwind Instruments and Their History by Anthony Baines
The Complete Woodwind Repair Manual by Reg Thorp (a big contributor to the Technicom)
Complete Guide to the Maintenance and Repair of Band Instruments by Kenneth A. Mueller
The Flute by Ardal Powell
A Guide to Repairing Woodwinds by Ronald Saska
An Illustrated History of the Flute by Alfred G Badger
The Flute: A study of its history, development and construction by Philip Bate
A Theoretical & Practical Essay on the Boehm Flute by J. Clinton
The Story of the Flute by H. Fitzgibbon
Flute by James Galway
A Dictionary for the Modern Flutist by Susan J. Maclagan
The Flute by Raymond Meylan
A Treatise on the Flute by Richard Shepherd Rockstro
The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker by Trevor Robinson
The Development of the Modern Flute by Nancy Toff
The Keyed Flute by Johann Tromlitz
History of the Boehm Flute by Chistopher Welch
Boehm Flute and Piccolos of Modern Construction by Wm. S. Haynes Company
European and American Musical Instruments by Anthony Baines
*Where to buy/read these books*
Several of these are free digital check outs on the Internet Archive
Amazon has several of them as well
ThiftBooks.com has some. If they don't - you can set up an account and they will email you when one comes in.
Our suppliers do stock and sell some of the books listed above as well
Websites & Forums
OrchestralWinds.com - has some good blog articles about flute pads and some other repairs as wellFluteBuilder.com
Fluteland Message Board
Chiff & Fipple Flute Forum
Flute Almanac
Folkers & Powell Makers of Historical Flutes
The Babel Flute - Rachel Simon
Music Medic Flute Repair Playlist - YouTube
BaroqueFlute.com
Flute Authority YouTube Channel
Tools and Supplies
Bohm Special Tools for Flutes - PDF
JL Smith - Flute Tools
Fingering Charts
Terry McGee, Flute Maker for Irish, Classical and Early Music
Finger Charts - Old Flutes. com
Mark Charlette - The Woodwind Finger Guide
High Fingerings for Seery Keyless Flutes
Simple Piccolo Finger Chart
Quantz Finger Charts
Jem Hammond's Generic Simple System Finger Chart
Langey 8-key Finger Chart
Rockstro's Fingerings for the 8-key Simple System Flute
Martin Doyle Flutes
Hoots Herz and Harmonics
Henry Potter 5-Key Band Flute Finger Chart
Folkers & Powell Fingering Chart for a Grenser Flute
Dr. Johns Flute Clinc - check out the Intonation articles/links
Brand Specific Information
KHS - Jupiter & Azumi
Pad SizesThread Sizes, Parts and Accessories
Yamaha
Specs for TechsModel Number Info
Flute Guide (Lots of info and other links on this one)
Fingering chart