This early Romantic flute was made by the meister woodwind instrument maker, teacher, composer and inventor Johann Heinrich Gottlieb STREITWOLF (1779-1837). He was admired by many… including Johann August Günther HEINROTH (1780–1846), music director in Göttingen who wrote an article about him which was published in the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung...
This beautiful and fully restored Early Romantic flute was made at the STREITWOLF workshop in Göttingen, Germany, around 1830. Johann Heinrich Gottlieb STREITWOLF (1779-1837) was a formidable woodwind instrument maker, teacher, composer and inventor. This four-part boxwood flute with C-foot features seven brass keys and ivory rings and cap with...
Streitwolf or warring wolf – what a fabulous name! This family name usually signified a bold or fierce character and was at times taken on to establish a heroic identity – a warrior, a fighter! Born into very modest circumstances, the instrument maker Johann Heinrich Gottlieb STREITWOLF didn’t begin life...
