History19401940 Dick KuiperDick Kuiper played in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1940 – 1963) while starting his flutemaking career 19501950 Dirk Kuiper starts as a Flutemaker 19601960 Dirk Kuiper in his workshop 19751975 Eva Kingma starts as an apprentice flutemaker 19811981 Eva Kingma takes over the company 19861986 We started a collaboration with Albert Cooper 19871987 First Open Hole Alto developed with Jos Zwaanenburg 19881988 The company moves to Grolloo 19891989 First Open Hole Bass designed for Robert Dick 19911991 First Kingma System® Alto Flute designed for John Fonville 19931993 Collaboration starts with Bickford Brannen on a Kingma System® C-flute 19941994 Introduction Oston-Brannen Kingma System® flute 1994 Introduction Brannen/Kingma System® Flute by Kate Lukas and Anne La Berge at the NFA 1994 US Patent for the Kingma System® 19971997 First Bass flute with Kingma System® 19981998 Wooden C-flute with Kingma System® for Patrick Gallois 1998 Matthias Ziegler presents the Kingma Flutes at the NFA 1998 Introduction Contrabass flute 19991999 Introduction of the Contr’alto flute 20012001 First Kingma System® Contrabass designed for Marion Garver Load More