Alto flute Landrus, American Peter Sheridan who currently resides in Australia, Swiss composers/performers Matthias Ziegler and Stefan Keller and Dutch composer/performer Anne La Berge. Alto flute The alto flute is a type of Western concert flute, a musical instrument in the woodwind family. It is the next extension downward of the C flute after the flûte d'amour. It is characterized by its distinct, mellow tone in the lower portion of its range. It is a transposing instrument in G and, like the piccolo and bass flute, uses the same fingerings as the C flute. The tube of the alto flute is considerably
Subcontrabass flute it has great opportunities for dynamic power and accent. A–D The tone becomes less secure and loses some of the lower partials and it is great for blending. E–C has a weaker and somewhat unfocused pitch center which may be a good choice for blend or effect. The double contrabass flute (or "octobass flute"), an instrument in the key of C pitched a fifth lower than the subcontrabass flute in G, is sometimes referred to as a "subcontrabass flute", as for, example, in the instruments made by Jelle Hogenhuis. "And the Giant Began to Dance..." (Peter Sheridan), on the album