It was purchased by a Peruvian flutist from Montreal, Canada. In 1978 we exhibited the first flute at the NFA Convention. In 1977 we started making custom professional flutes and had built our first instruments by 1978. I studied machine and tool operation at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, which opened new dimensions in my skills. Among my responsibilities was making/designing the tools to make the body, the heads and all parts to build professional flutes. At the time of my arrival there my brother initiated a new project – making professional piccolos. In March of 1976 I went to Cambrige, MA to manufacture cases in the US. Sofia: Dear Emanuel, congratulations on the 30th anniversary of the Emanuel Flutes! Your instruments are played by some of the finest musicians in the world and are appreciated for their incredible sound, beautiful design and a strong, reliable mechanism.Įmanuel: At the beginning of my career I made flute cases with my father in Lima, Peru and exported them to our distributor in Cambrige, MA USA, which distributed them further to the other parts of the world. At the end of August Sofia de Salis met with a Master flutemaker Emanuel Arista in Zurich, Switzerland to talk about his work and vision of the flute handmaking art. In 2021 a renowned brand Emanuel Flutes, based in the Boston area, USA marks 30 years of making flutes of an exceptional sound and artistic quality.
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