Manufacturing Industry
Finnish designer fashions carbon fiber flutes.
Advanced Materials & Processes, September, 2001
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Flutes originally were made of natural materials like reed and bone. In the 17th and 18th centuries, wood dominated. Although the modern metal flute was developed by Theobald Boehm (1794-1881) in the mid-19th century, it was not until the early 20th century that metal became a widely used material of construction.
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Today, flutes having carbon fiber bodies can be ordered from Matit Flutebrothers Oy, Helsinki, Finland. Industrial designer and amateur flutist Matti Kahonen began experimenting with new materials for musical instruments in the early 1980s. He originally played primitive ...
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