William Sherman Haynes (1864–1939) was the founder of the William S. Haynes Flute Company of

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. The company was founded in 1888 and is one of the world's leading makers of

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Career

Haynes was a master

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. He was the son of a

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and a school teacher. Haynes established his flute-making shop, Wm S Haynes Co., in Piedmont Street in the

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district of

, where the business was until moving to Acton, MA in 2010. Haynes

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ed his distinctive flute design in 1914, and the company has since become a provider of

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and

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instruments to many of the world's most prominent

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and

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s. High-profile soloists to have performed on a Haynes flute have included

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and

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. They made silver, gold, and 90/10 platinum-iridium alloy flutes for Barrère. The piece

Density 21.5 ''Density 21.5'' is a composition for solo Western concert flute, flute written by Edgard Varèse in 1936 and revised in 1946. The piece was composed at the request of Georges Barrère for the premiere of his platinum flute, the density of platinu ...

was composed for the latter flute's premiere in 1936 but in fact its density was a bit higher than pure platinum at about 21.6 grammes per cubic centimetre. At US$3,750 in 1935, it cost about four times more than his gold one purchased in 1927 (in real dollars: US $1,250 in 1927 and US$3,750 in 1935 are about US $16,000 and US$65,000, respectively, in 2014 dollars).

Death and legacy

Haynes retired to Florida in 1936 and died there in 1939."History" Wm. S. Haynes
Click on "1936." Accessed Dec.13, 2012 When the recent owner John Fuggetta died, his widow, Stella Fuggetta, sold the company to Eastman Strings in 2004.

Notes

References

Official history

External links

William S. Haynes Flute Company

Eastman Winds
parent company of Haynes Flutes

* ttp://www.fluteland.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6436 Article about Glissando Headjoint made by Haynes/Eastmaninvented by

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