* **[[Quellen|Books]]**


===== Websites and recommended Links =====

**History of the flute**

  * Rick Wilson's Historical Flutes Page. Excellent, detailed information on the history of the flute. [[http://www.oldflutes.com|]]

  * Terry McGee, Flute Maker. Flutes for Irish, Classical and Early Music. Especially the part 'Historical Flute 	Studies' is interesting. [[http://www.mcgee-flutes.com|]]

  * David and Nina Shorey, Antique Flutes. David Shorey, who died in 2015, was probably one of the best authorities of the 	early French (Lot, Bonneville, Godfroy) and American (Haynes, Powell) Boehm 	system  flutes. He documented his sales objects in detail. His wife Nina 	maintains 	the extensive website. [[http://www.antiqueflutes.com|]]

  * Anne Pustlauk (Bruxelles) presents under 'Database' a wealth of original texts, 	fingerings and repertoire music for the Simple System Flute between 1790 and 1850  [[http://www.anne-pustlauk.de|]]

  * Robert Bigio, London presents (among other interesting things) Christopher Steward's 'Early Flute Recordings' with 	numerous recordings of flutists mostly long passed away. The development and 	individuality of vibrato is fascinating.  [[http://www.robertbigio.com|]]

  * Nancy Hadden, From Swiss Flutes to Consorts: History, Music and Playing Techniques of the  Transverse Flute in Switzerland, Germany and France ca. 1470-1640. PhD Thesis. Universitiy of Leeds, School of Music, 2010 [[http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/2581|]]
 
 
\\ **Collections and museums**

  * Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection. With almost 1'700 instruments, as well as numerous 	books, pictures and documents, this is certainly the most important flute collection in the 	world.  [[http://www.loc.gov/collections/dayton-c-miller-collection/about-this-collection.com|]]

    * MIMO - Musical Instrument Museum online. Database with actually more than 56,000 	musical instruments - including 1,424 flutes - from  museums and collections all over 	the world. Various search options.  [[http://www.mimo-international.com|]]

  * Michael Lynn, Oberlin/Ohio presents his collection of historical flutes, partly 	supplemented with sound samples.     [[http://www.originalflutes.com|]]

  * Museum für Musik, Basel. Largest collection of musical instruments 	in Switzerland; flutes are well represented. [[http://www.hmb.ch/museum-musik.html|]]

  * Klingende Sammlung, Bern. The 'Playing Collection of Historic Musical Instruments' in Bern presents the collection of 	the instrument maker Karl Burri (1921 - 2003) with about 1,000 objects. Some of the instruments are playable. Some  interesting flutes. [[http://www.klingende-sammlung.ch|]]

  * Bate Collection, Oxford. See respective article under [[Artikel|Publications]].  [[http://www.bate.ox.ac.uk|]]



\\ **Organisations**

  * Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente (GEFAM). The 'Society of Friends of Ancient Music Instruments (GEFAM)' has been founded in Zurich in 	1951. 	International organization, mainly active in the German-speaking world. 	Own 	publication GLAREANA.  [[http://www.gefam.ch|]]

  * Association des Collectionneurs d'Instruments à Vent (ACIMV). Founded 1987 in 	Paris. Own publication LARIGOT. [[http://www.acimv.fr|]]

  * Società Italiana del Flauto Traverso Storico (S.I.F.T.S). Founded 1996 in Bologna. Own publication Bolletino della S.I.F.T.S. [[http://www.cidim.it|]] 

  * Galpin Society, UK. Founded 1946. Own publication Galpin Society Journal (1x/a) and Newsletter (3x/a).[[http://www.galpinsociety.org|]]

  * American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS). Founded 1971. Own publication Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society (1x/a) and Newsletter (2x/a). [[http://www.amis.org|]]


\\ **And also...**


...some links which have nothing to do with the history of the flute, but with my own ‘history’: see 'Biography' 

  * NATURAMA, das Aargauer Naturmuseum, Aarau. [[http://www.naturama.ch|]]

  * Pro Natura - Zentrum Aletsch, Riederalp/Wallis [[http://www.pronatura-aletsch.ch|]]

  * Pro Natura Schweiz. Eine der führenden Natur- und Umweltorganisationen der Schweiz. [[http://www.pronatura.ch|]]

  * WWF Schweiz. Die grösste Natur- und Umweltorganisation der Schweiz. [[http://www.wwf.ch|]]