Theobald Boehm
Theobald Boehm was born on April 9, 1794. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Theobald Boehm
Theobald Böhm (or Boehm) (9 April 1794 – 25 November 1881) was a German inventor and musician, who greatly improved the modern Western concert flute and its fingering system. He was a Bavarian court musician, a virtuoso flautist and a renowned composer. The fingering system he devised, now known as the "Boehm system", has also been adapted to other instruments, such as the oboe and the clarinet.