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Theobald Boehm

Bavarian flautist and tinkerer (1794-1881) · Scientists · Died at 87

Theobald Böhm was a German inventor and musician, who greatly improved the modern Western concert flute and Clarinet and its fingering system. He was a Bavarian court musician, a virtuoso flautist and a renowned composer.

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Lived 1794 to 1881 · aged 87