From:
http://www.jinyinusa.com/BPMflutehist.htm
A list of flutes by pitch
Over the years Flutes have been built on all the following pitches. The pitches are shown in piano pitch which at C4 [ middle C ] is equal to the lowest C on the modern concert flute. For general purposes all flutes can be assumed to have a range of three octaves.
The pitch shown is the lowest sounding note with a standard foot joint; except on the piccolo type instruments. Here the lowest note is normally a tone above the keynote listed. Some piccolos have been built with the standard downward extension of pitch to C3, but these are not common.
Extended foot joints usually take the compass downward by a further semitone, although exceptionally it may be more. A concert flute in C4 is known which has an extension down to G3.
Flute types marked * and printed in red are those commonly found in modern music.
Octave Piccolo ....................................... C6
Octave treble ......................................... G5
Soprano .. ........................................... F5
Soprano ............................................ Eb5
Soprano ............................................... D5
Military Band piccolo ............................... Db5
Orchestral Piccolo ..................................* C5
Descant flute ....................................... Ab4
Treble flute .......................................... G4
Octave tenor ........................................ F4
Treble flute .......................................... Eb4
Concert flute [ pre 1850 ] ...................... D4
CONCERT FLUTE ............................ * C4
Flute d'amour ..................................... Bb3
Flute d'amour ..................................... A3
Flute d'amour ..................................... Ab3
Alto flute ............................................ * G3
Tenor flute ........................................... F3
Bass flute ......................................... * C3
Contra alto .......................................... F2
Contra bass ........................................ C2
Contra tenor ....................................... F1
Sub Contra bass ................................ C1