Dear Gino,

>>>>i want to ask susan maclagan what she means with "modern flutist".

In the introduction I stated that:
“The modern flute is properly called the Boehm flute. It is widely used and differs in only minor ways from the instrument introduced by flutemaker Theobald Boehm in 1847.”

>>> in my wiew all antique flutists are all dead...
 why so much historical facts and photos in this dictionary for the modern flutist?

In the introduction I stated that “the entries include the most common flute-related words that a player of the modern flute may encounter.” This is why I included them and also because to really understand the modern flute, I firmly believe that one must understand its history. A good example of this is the G# key. To really understand why most flutists play flutes with a closed G# key today, you need to understand the history of this key. I discussed that in my definition of the G# key.

Best wishes,
Susan Maclagan
"A Dictionary for the Modern Flutist," Scarecrow Press, April 2009.
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