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Happy New Year Fallspiper2, I have an Excel spread sheet that calculates the cent differences from ratios of the tonic frequency in Hz. I'd be happy to post it to the site if there is a way, or alternatively I could send it to you direct.

John S

No one seems to have mentioned the main effect of filling in the space under the wind way, which is to sharpen the second octave relative to the first. This is a real phenomenon and with D generation heads and makes them easier to play in tune.

John S

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/S ... script.pdf

John S

Don't forget the Bombard.

John S

The ratios of the Fibonacci series converge on the Golden ratio, which makes it the fastest route to chaos for coupled oscillators.
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R. ... i/fib.html
http://facta.junis.ni.ac.yu/facta/macar ... 401-06.pdf

John S

From what I've read the hard cane as used for orchestral woodwinds is grown for 2 years whereas soft is harvested after 1 year.

John S

It's a beautiful tune and for those in the Manchester area Stockport library has all 12 Volumes of Oswald’s Caledonian Pocket Companion for loan. http://193.112.136.180/TalisPrism/browseResults.do?&expandedWorkID=0.6&browse_action=9058&browse_actionValue=allExclusive&rootRSetId=10c49...

All this can be a write pain, I worked out years ago that my limited reading ability means I transpose into the fingering for a D whistle and use which ever whistle produces the right notes, I actually read in GHB position as well which can be useful but I like to have things in my fingers before I ...

Most of the Indian Sub-continent Whistles available in the UK tend to be in B I've a lovely one that I recorded a bit for the intro music for The Holiday program on BBC 2 a few years ago.

John S

I didn't scare me as much as it would have, as I developed a technique for solving these "differences" problems by overlapping the images with my eyes.

John S

I'd love to have a supply of Arundo donax on my doorstep but I make up for it with Phragmites australis and Sambucus nigra. Very much a Hunter Gatherer process but very rewarding when you find some great stuff. A lot of the Elder comes from former industrial sites near my home and redevelopment can ...

This happens with GHB drones as well.
The drones are not independent; they exchange energy through the air by means of sound waves so that when 2 are in tune the 3rd will be pulled (within reason) to that frequency.

PP

How disappointing I was hoping for something in Mawkish dialect of Fundarian.

John S

Try the "Little Cascade",
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTun ... 0008be.gif
Unfortunatly the gif is written in a 5th down but it is the only version of the the tune I can find that has no note mistakes.

John S

I've nearly finished my latest novel "Admiral Nelsons Ukulele".

John S