FROM ALBUM NOTES by Wendell Dobbs:
Flutist Jean-Louis Tulou (1786-1865) was a prominent figure in Parisian musical life the first half of the 19th century. He was born in Paris, the son of a bassoonist, and studied flute with Wunderlich at the fledgling Paris Conservatory. Eventually, he assumed his master’s role as flutist at the Paris Opera. Because of his political views (he was an out-spoken republican during the constitutional monarchies of Louis XVIII and Charles X) he fell from favor and lost his position at the Opera. In 1829, as the political influence of the regime was in decline, he was appointed professor of flute at the Paris Conservatory and retained that post until his retirement in 1856. As early as 1829, Tulou collaborated with craftsman Jacques Nonon to manufacture flutes, and, beginning in 1831, many Tulou flutes were sold to the Paris Conservatory. […]