Directory of Flute Makers and Dealers
If you know of a wooden flute maker or dealer who’s not included, please contact me.
Please note that a listing in the directory does not constitute an endorsement. If you are thinking about purchasing a flute from a particular maker, ask other flute players about that maker’s reputation. Note: many makers supply soft or hard cases with their flutes, but some don’t. If you’re looking for a good case, check out the flute cases page.
To search this directory, first select a column to search using the dropdown menu below (just above the text entry area). Last Name is the column to select if you’re looking for a particular maker. If you’re searching by country, type in the country’s name and choose “country” from the drop-down menu. Type UK into the search box if you’re looking for flute makers based in the United Kingdom, and USA for the United States. Other countries’ names are spelled out in full.
| First Name | Last Name | Country | Description | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey | Burns | USA | Flutes for Irish and other traditional music in a variety of keys, based on acoustical models of 19th century makers. Casey's Folk Flute model is popular among beginners. | View Details |
| Bryan | Byrne | USA | Makes Rudall and Rose style flutes, keyed and keyless. Keys of D, Eb, and C. | View Details |
| Carousel Music | USA | Musical instrument dealer, includes flutes. | View Details | |
| Dave | Copley | USA | Flutes for Irish traditional music and wooden head joints for Boehm-system flutes | View Details |
| Eamonn | Cotter | Ireland | Simple-system flutes of African Blackwood or boxwood, keyless or up to 6 keys. | View Details |
| Richard | Cox | Canada | Two-piece and three-piece keyless simple-system flutes in D. | View Details |
| Derek | Curtis | UK | Unkeyed wooden D flutes based on Rudall and Rose. | View Details |
| Arie | De Keyzer | Ireland | Flutes and uilleann pipes | View Details |
| Thierry | Denni | France | Maker of fine keyed and keyless flutes based on 19th century English flutes, in D, Eb, C, B, Bb, and F | View Details |
| Vincenzo | Di Mauro | Ireland | Keyed and keyless flutes in wood and delrin, based on Rudall and Rose design. | View Details |
| Victor | Dols | Spain | Blackwood keyless flutes in D or Eb, based on either Rudall and Rose or Pratten Perfected. | View Details |
| Martin | Doyle | Ireland | Wooden Irish simple-system flutes; maker since 1983. Keyed and keyless, also wooden headjoints for Boehm-system flutes. | View Details |
| Dusty Strings | USA | Musical instrument dealer; often has flutes in the store. | View Details | |
| Geoffrey | Ellis | USA | Makes a variety of flutes, including Pratten-style keyless Irish flutes | View Details |
| Alexander | Eppler | USA | Boehm-system flutes and headjoints in wood and metal; flute repair and restoration | View Details |
| Erik the Flutemaker | USA | Bamboo and keyless wooden flutes | View Details | |
| Jessy | Flauti | Italy | Makes shakuhachi, bansuri, whistles, and Irish flutes, Native American flutes, quena, and other instruments in bamboo and wood | View Details |
| Folk Friends | Germany | Musical instrument workshop and retail store; offers a variety of flutes, including Irish flutes, and provides repair and restoration services. | View Details | |
| Folkers & Powell | USA | Makers of baroque, renaissance, and other transverse flutes | View Details | |
| Rob | Forbes | USA | Delrin-polymer keyless. tunable, Pratten-style Irish flutes | View Details |