allowing adjustment of the instrument height for different sized players

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single-keyed instrument is attributed to the Hotteterre family

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J. J. Quantz Transverse Flute by Martin Wenner Tuning:a=415 allowing adjustment of the instrumentJohann Joachim Quantz (1697 1773) was probably the best known flute player of the 18th century. His fame is due not only to his compositions and his book On Playing the Flute (1752), but also to the fact that he was the flute teacher of Frederick the Great of Prussia. In 1739 Quantz began his own research into flute making but it is still uncertain as to whether he made the flutes himself or was just involved in their final tuning. Quantz flutes are