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EnglishWho Is Robert Bigio and What Does He Do?
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Robert Bigio is a flute maker and author of books on the flute, and his website bigio.com serves as the home for both sides of that work. The site identifies him as "Flute maker and author of books on the flute" and highlights two titles in particular: Rudall, Rose & Carte: The Art of the Flute in Britain and Readings in the History of the Flute. If you arrived at bigio.com looking for information on historical flutes, British flute making, or the people behind these books, that is exactly what the site is set up to cover.
The two roles behind the site
Bigio's work falls into two connected categories, and the website presents them together rather than separating them.
Flute maker
He works as a flute maker — a craft role focused on the design and construction of the instrument. The site's own description lists this first, before his writing.
Author on the flute
He is also described as an author of books on the flute. Two works are named on the homepage:
| Title | Subject area |
|---|---|
| Rudall, Rose & Carte: The Art of the Flute in Britain | The history of flute making in Britain, centered on the Rudall, Rose & Carte firm |
| Readings in the History of the Flute | A collection of readings on the flute's history |
Both titles point in the same direction: the history and craft of the flute, with a strong British focus in the first.
What the website is for
bigio.com is the personal and professional home for this combined identity. Based on what the page presents, it functions as:
- A landing point for Robert Bigio himself, naming both his craft and his authorship
- A place where his books are identified by title
- A hub connecting the flute-making side of his work with the historical and written side
Why the two roles fit together
The pairing is not incidental. A flute maker working on instrument design has direct, hands-on knowledge of the very objects that flute history books describe — bore profiles, key mechanisms, materials, and the workshops that developed them. Rudall, Rose & Carte deals with a British firm whose instruments are central to the flute's development, so the maker's perspective and the historian's research reinforce each other. Readings in the History of the Flute extends that historical interest into a broader collection.
Who this is useful for
- Flute players and students curious about the instrument's history and the people who make it
- Historians and researchers working on British flute making or the Rudall, Rose & Carte firm
- Collectors and enthusiasts interested in historical instruments and the literature around them
- Anyone who searched "bigio.com" and wants to know whose site it is and what it covers
If your interest is the history of the flute, particularly in Britain, or the work of a maker who also writes on that history, bigio.com is the starting point for both.