Boehmn.
/bəʊ(ə)m/ Applied attributively to the system of keys and fingering invented by Böhm in 1832. Hence applied to a flute which he designed, and to other wood-wind instruments with similar features.
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1845 R. Carte (title) A Complete Course of Instructions for the Boehm flute... Preceded by an analysis of the Boehm flute and of the old eight keyed flute.
1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 8 Mar. 4/2 In spite of the splendors of the Boehm flute, it is often lost in passages where the old flute used to tell when violins were less numerous.
1905 Harmsworth Encycl. IV. 2510/2 Nearly all concert flutes now in use are constructed upon the Boehm system, or modifications of it.
1935 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 727/2 The modern cylinder flute..when combined with the Boehm fingering..forms a nearly perfect instrument.
1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) II. 324/1 In 1844 H. Klosé..and A. Buffet devised an entirely new clarinet..now generally known as the Boehm clarinet.
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