To start this timeline of prominent flutemakers, here is an article on the science in the history of flute making.
Science, Technology and the Art of Flutemaking in the Eighteenth Century
| (1794 – 1881) | Theobald Boehm | German |
| (1818 – 1881) | Giulio Briccialdi | Italian |
| (1924 – 2011) | Albert Cooper | English |
| (19xx – Living) | John Lunn | Newport, NH USA |
| (1955 -2019) | Alex Eppler | Opened his flute shop in Seattle, WA in the 1980’s USA |
| 1788 | George Astor & Co. | London, England |
| 1822 | Rudall & Carte & Co. | London, England |
| 1823 | Boehm & Grève | Munich, Germany |
| 1847 | Lois Lot Flutes | Paris, France |
| 1888 | Wm. S. Haynes Flute Company | Boston, MA USA |
| 1927 | Verne Q. Powell Flutes | Boston, MA USA |
| 1961 | Flutemakers Guild, Ltd. | London, England |
| 1969 | David Straubinger | Indianapolis, IN USA |
| 1975 | Eva Kingma Flutes | Netherlands |
| 1978 | Brannen Brothers Flutemakers, Inc. | Woburn, MA USA |
| 1981 | Casey Burns Flutes | Kingston, WA USA |