Yes. Ears.Tunborough wrote:You might need an extra pair, not attached to the source of the air flow.david_h wrote:Would a pair of sound-detecting devices about six inches apart help in locating the source of the sound?
More seriously, you'd probably also need some acoustic baffles as Conical Bore suggests.
They, and their processing system, are designed for localising sound sources. I don't know if mine have equal sensitivity; if not frequent recalibration using visual data must be compensating.
I am not sure about the baffles - what I read about binaural recording makes me think it would be best not to mess with the system. Though maybe an experiment with a baffle between the embouchure and tone holes would help
An environment with few reflectors would be good - a mosquito in the room can be hard to locate until it gets close but in a big outdoor space it is usually easier.
A simple setup would be the blindfold the listener and then ask them to home in on the sound, facing where it seems to come from. Could test the ability to localise with a recording of a flute played on a phone speaker.
With only the players pair available I think it is easy to partially answer the question in the OP. If the sound was all comming from the lowest open hole it ought to be obvious when playing the bottom note. I can get a reasonable tone playing left handed (closing the holes is the harder) and the sound still seems to come from somewhere near the embouchure.
I reckon an experienced sound engineer, who is attentive to the requirements of his/her trade, can probably work it out without test equipment.