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Contemporary musicians using the contrabass flute include Paige Dashner Long, [[Andy Findon]], Laura Hyder, [[Madeleine Bischof]], [[Pierre-Yves Artaud]], [[Matthias Ziegler]], [[Stefan Keller]], [http://www.nedmcgowan.com Ned McGowan], Peter Sheridan, Patricia García, [[Sérgio Morais]], [[David Lamont]] and [[Vinny Golia]], who also plays all the other sizes of flute, and has recorded with it on the CD ''Music for Like Instruments: The Flutes'', in a quartet with three other flutists. Due to the price and rarity of this instrument, few people have explored this instrument.
The contrabass flute in C is produced by Jean-Yves Roosen (France),<ref>[https://www.roosen.fr/index.php/fabrication/#fluteOctobasse Jean-Yves Roosen].</ref> by the Japanese firm of Kotato & Fukushima, Eva Kingma, Pearl, Di Zhao and Christian Jäger from Munich. Jupiter flutes has created a student model for flute ensembles. Kotato & Fukushima sell their double contrabass flutes for [[US$]]24,000.<ref name="kotato">[http://www.oguraflute.com/kotato.htm KOTATO FLUTE - Best Contra Bass in the World!]</ref>
Contrabass flutes have also been made from [[polyvinyl chloride|PVC]] pipe, by the Dutch flute maker Jelle Hogenhuis. It is reported that while it might be thought that an instrument made from PVC would be inferior, the PVC allows for a louder instrument if the wall thickness is kept small. PVC also permits more rough treatment, as the plastic instrument can be bumped without denting.
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