When Was the Flute First Invented?
A Flute Dating Back to Approximately 900 B. C. Was Found in China and Called a Ch'ie. to Date, the Oldest Flutes Have Been Found in the Swabian Alps Region of...
A flute dating back to approximately 900 B.C. was found in China and called a ch'ie. To date, the oldest flutes have been found in the Swabian Alps region of Germany, and are said to have been from about 43,000 to 35,000 years ago.
How old is flute?
The flute, made from the bone of a griffin vulture, has five finger holes and measures about 8.5 inches (22 cm) long. It is thought to be at least 35,000 years old.
Who made the flute and why?
Theobald Boehm, a Bavarian goldsmith, flutist, composer, and industrialist, invented the type of flute that became the basis for the modern instrument a little more than a century and a half ago.
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