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  2. Glass flute - Wikipedia

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    Glass flute. A glass flute or crystal flute is a glass instrument briefly popular in the early 19th century. They are an unusual variety of the Western concert flute designed to preserve pitch and tone during temperature change better than the wood and ivory flutes available at the time of their manufacture. Most were made by Claude Laurent, a ...

  3. Glass instrument - Wikipedia

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    The glass flute (or crystal flute) was patented in 1806 in France by Claude Laurent. These crystal flutes grew in popularity and were owned by emperors, kings, and heads of state, including James Madison. Only 185 of Laurent's glass flutes have survived to the modern day. [15]

  4. List of flute makers - Wikipedia

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    Professional flutes and headjoints made in precious metals alto flute headjoints: Yes: Yes: Yes Armstrong: USA: Now owned by Conn-Selmer: Yes: Yes: No Artley: USA: Now defunct Conn-Selmer brand. The company made piccolos, C flutes, E-flat soprano flutes, alto and bass flutes. (The bass flute was designed by T.S. Ogilvie) No: Yes: No Avanti: USA ...

  5. Champagne glass - Wikipedia

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    Champagne glass. A champagne glass is stemware designed for champagne and other sparkling wines. The two most common forms are the flute and coupe, both stemmed; holding the glass by the stem prevents warming the drink. [1] Champagne can also be drunk from a normal wine glass, which allows better appreciation of the flavor, at the expense of ...

  6. Toast (honor) - Wikipedia

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    Toast (honor) A toast is a ritual during which a drink is taken as an expression of honor or goodwill. The term may be applied to the person or thing so honored, the drink taken, or the verbal expression accompanying the drink. Thus, a person could be "the toast of the evening", for whom someone "proposes a toast" to congratulate and for whom a ...

  7. Engraved glass - Wikipedia

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    Engraved glass is a type of decorated glass that involves shallowly engraving the surface of a glass object, either by holding it against a rotating wheel, or manipulating a "diamond point" in the style of an engraving burin. It is a subgroup of glass art, which refers to all artistic glass, much of it made by "hot" techniques such as moulding ...

  8. R. Carlos Nakai - Wikipedia

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    Raymond Carlos Nakai (born April 16, 1946) is a Native American flutist of Navajo and Ute heritage. Nakai played brass instruments in high school and college, and auditioned for the Armed Forces School of Music after a two-year period in the United States Navy. He began playing a traditional Native American cedar flute after an accident left ...

  9. Western concert flute family - Wikipedia

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    Flûte d'amour. The flûte d'amour or flauto d'amore is pitched in A ♭, A, or B ♭ and is intermediate in size between the modern C concert flute and the alto flute in G. It is the mezzo-soprano member of the flute family. It is sometimes referred to as a tenor flute. The range of the instrument is from G 3 to E 7.

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