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Edwin Rist
Edwin Rist, also known by the pseudonym Edwin Reinhard, is an American flautist, Fly tying, fly-tyer, and Burglary, burglar known for stealing 299 rare or extinct Bird specimen, bird specimens from the Natural History Museum at Tring, England, in , in order to craft artificial flies. Early life Edwin Rist was born to two Ivy League graduates in New York City. He was homeschooled and his family moved to the Hudson Valley when he was young. He became interested in Flute playing, flute-playing at a young age, and won several competitions at 10 years old. After watching a documentary film about Fly tying, fly-tying as a child, he became obsessed with the art form. The first artificial flies he crafted were made from Feather, feathers he took from his parents' Pillow, pillows. He went on to participate in fly-tying events and quickly gained attention in the fly-tying community for his young age and skill level. After a mentor introduced him to flies from the Victorian era made from ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flautist
The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, flutes are edge-blown aerophones. A musician who plays the flute is called a flautist or flutist. Paleolithic flutes with hand-bored holes are the earliest known identifiable musical instruments. A number of flutes dating to about 53,000 to 45,000 years ago have been found in the Swabian Jura region of present-day Germany, indicating a developed musical tradition from the earliest period of modern human presence in Europe.. Citation on p. 248. * While the oldest flutes currently known were found in Europe, Asia also has a long history with the instrument. A playable bone flute discovered in China is dated to about 9,000 years ago. The Americas also had an ancient flute culture, with instrument ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
