Bakale Flute World

Ramesh Bakale is an excellent and friendly maker, based in South India. He was recommended to me by Naveen Kumar - the flute player for A R Rahman who does many Bollywood film tunes, although Naveen tells me he has not played his flutes (at time of writing) - but says he likes the bamboo Ramesh uses. Pravin Godkhindi is also a regular customer of Ramesh.
Ramesh's flutes are of excellent quality and play nicely. They are also a bit cheaper than some other makers of professional flutes, making his flutes good value for money