Alto flute

Alto flute (Fr.: flûte contralto; Ger.: Altflöte), orchestral flute pitched in G, a 4th below the ordinary, or concert, flute, and known in England as the *bass flute. Agricola is the earliest author to have mentioned (in 1528) an alto cross flute. In the 16th and early 17th c. its compass was d1–d3; it now is g0–g3. The alto flute is treated as a transposing instr. Ca. 86 cm. (34 in.) long (14, 170). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Baines, Anthony. Woodwind Instruments and…