Keyed Irish Flutes

The Sweetheart 6-Key and 8 key Wooden Concert Irish Flute is adapted from fine English flutes of the 1800's to be used for Irish performance or re-creation of Victorian-era classical music.  Block-mounted sterling-silver keys (B^b, C, G^#, F, long F, D^#) and rings are influenced by Prowse, and Rudall & Rose.

The embouchure, derived from the Firth-Pond Rudall and Rose Model, and a bore from measurements on several Rudal & Rose style flutes.

Easy to play from low D (or C) to high B (in the 3rd register) with excellent, full tone throughout.

From the tuning slide to the finely crafted African Blackwood, and comfortable keywork, this is an instrument any flutist would delight in.

Six Key Irish Flute

Four Key Irish Flute

One Key irish Flute

* NEW* 6 Key wooden flute - The two extra keys are the "long F"  for the left pinkie finger:  this key makes the shift from D to F nat. much smoother.  The other is the C natural key for the right hand index finger which gives a better intonation for that note,  in both octaves, besides giving easier finger patterns for certain tunes. 

All  three keyed flute models shown here have a bore and embouchure design  based on the Boosey-Pratten  "Perfected"  model of 1862

Our 4 Key wooden flute has keys for G#, F, D#, Bb and comes in 3 sections

Our 1 Key flute comes in three sections, with imitation ivory rings