Flutophone fingering chart12/8/2022 ![]() By 1941 over half of the grammar schools in the United States had adopted the Tonette as standard pre-band equipment. It was easy to blow and the fingering was simple. Designed as a pre-band instrument, the Tonette was nearly unbreakable, chromatic, and tunable. The Swanson Tonette was introduced in 1938. Similar instruments are the Song Flute, Flutophone, and Precorder. A skilled player can produce notes above the principal register by overblowing and half-covering holes. The range of the Tonette is from C4 to D5. Though the Tonette has been superseded by the recorder in many areas, due to their price, durability and simplicity, plastic Tonettes are still in use in elementary schools around the nation. The stub-ended Swanson Tonette is a small (6" cavity), end-blown vessel flute made of plastic, which was once popular in American elementary music education. From top to bottom: Yamaha soprano recorder, Swanson Tonette, Conn-Selmer Song Flute, Grover-Trophy Flutophone, Suzuki Precorder ![]()
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