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 On the other hand, Clinton, a leading English flautist and Professor at the Royal Academy of Music, in the first English book of instructions for the Böhm flute—namely, A Theoretical and Practical Essay on the Böhm Flute, as manufactured by Messrs. Rudall & Rose—evidently considered Böhm entitled to the credit of the invention. In his enthusiastic dedication of this work to Böhm, Clinton says:—

He throughout speaks of Böhm as the inventor. His later School for the Böhm Flute (1846) was also dedicated to Böhm. After such decided expressions on the subject, it is somewhat startling to find Clinton, in his Practical Hints to Flute-players upon the subject of Modern Flutes (1855)—a work describing his own