Richard Carte

Richard Carte (23 February 1808 – 1891) was an English flute-maker, flautist and composer.

One of his sons was the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte, producer of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas.

[3] Carte was a popular lecturer on the development of the flute and was secretary of the newly founded "London Society of Amateur Flautists" in 1866.

At the height of his career (1844) he adopted Theobald Boehm's flute with the open G-sharp, and two years later brought out a manual for it, the copyright for which he sold for £100.

[citation needed] In 1850 he became a partner at the prominent flute-making firm of Rudall, Rose & Co., instigating many improvements and additions to Boehm's systems, all of which culminated in his popular 1867 model.