Baroque flute

The Baroque flute is a type of early wooden flute used during the Baroque period (roughly 1600-1750). It has a simpler, narrower bore and fewer keys than modern flutes, producing a softer, more delicate sound characteristic of that era's music. Designed to be played with natural tuning systems of the time, it allows for expressive playing with subtle dynamic and tonal variations. Today, it’s valued by musicians and historians for authentically performing historical compositions, and it offers a different, warmer sound compared to contemporary flutes.