biography
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Boehm or Böhm, Theobald
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pronunciation:
[boem]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1794–1881)
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| biography:
| Flautist and inventor, born in Munich, SE Germany. In 1828 he opened a flute factory in Munich, and determined to make a flute which would be acoustically perfect. As this involved making holes in places where they could not be fingered, he devised a key mechanism to overcome the problem, and in 1847 produced the model on which the modern flute is based. Certain features of his system have also been applied to the clarinet. |
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