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Theobald Boehm

German inventor and musician

Died when: 87 years 232 days (1051 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

Theobald Boehm

Theobald Böhm (or Boehm) (9 April 1794 – 25 November 1881) was a German inventor and musician, who perfected the modern Western concert flute and improved its fingering system (now known as the "Boehm system").

He was a Bavarian court musician, a virtuoso flautist and a renowned composer.The fingering system he devised has also been adapted to other instruments, such as the oboe and the clarinet.


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