Theobald Boehm
Theobald Böhm (or Boehm) (9 April 1794 – 25 November 1881) was a German inventor and musician, who greatly improved the modern Western concert flute and its fingering system (now known as the "Boehm system"). He was a Bavarian court musician, a virtuoso flautist and a renowned composer.The fingering system he devised has also been adapted to other instruments, such as the oboe and the clarinet. Provided by Wikipedia
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