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Interesting article, thank you for posting.

Thank you Tunborough,
I will try that and let you know how i get on.

So far i have used the Mark Shepard percentages ratio for marking out flute hole positions on my pvc flutes and obtained reasonably good results. A software called WIDesigner is available to calculate the flute dimension. I have tried to install this with little result. Are there any simplified inst...

Thank you for your thoughts Terry, think i will leaves things as they are in case i make it worse.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/37sog48temxuv3d/Flute%20Hole.JPG?dl=0 Not sure if the picture that i added is accessible. If the edge of the blowhole that is on the inside of the flute bore is chamfered or radiused, will it make any difference to the tone of the flute. Will it help or hinder the tone or e...

Thank you Paddler,
I think i understand now, but at the level that i am at in flute making and playing, i will take Tunbouough's good advice and not worry about a cutoff frequency too much.

Thank you for your reply Tunborough, but i was hoping the reply would be something like, cutoff frequency is the highest or lowest frequency that can be played given the flutes bore and length. Still trying to work out what "dampen the response" means. Thank you for the references i will s...

Can someone explain what is meant by Cutoff frequency when applied to a flute.
The term is used on a site that calculates the size and hole positions on a flute.
Tried searching google but still non the wiser

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Not sure if this will work but this is a picture of my home made flute. which i shall experiment with
adding the various tuning devices discussed here to bring the second octave more into tune.

Thank you for all the useful information. Are there any pictures or diagrams of a "stepped cylindrical insert" , how it fits and what size. The "tuning rod" on the German marching band flute -- the Sandner "Zauberflöte". is interesting. Another interesting discovery on ...

Thank you Bob (an seanduine) Yes i did know about the wedge but have never got around trying to make one. I certainly would like to at some stage to try making a flute with a wedge and see how much it improves the tuning. Sedi, I have pushed in the cork by 5mm so that its 18mm from centre of embouch...

Hi,
Is there any way of posting a photo that i have on my computer into a post, or does the photo have to be saved onto a website first.
Thank you

Thank you for replying with them useful ideas, my embouchure is 11mm , the stopper is 1 bore diameter away from the embouchure center ie 22mm.
I will measure and post the rest of the hole sizes.
Not sure how to post pictures or if we are allowed to.
Thank you.

I have made a few flutes out of ABS plastic pipe and while i can get the first octave to be perfectly in tune, and the first four notes of the second octave are only slightly flat, anything above that the notes are flat by up a semitone. My D flute is 22mm bore with 2mm wall thickness. I am not a fl...

[Thread revival. - Mod] Dear Sheehan, If you are in the UK, then you might want to try making your flute out of rigid electrical conduit. It 25mm outside diameter with a 2mm wall thickness. I think it is made from ABS as opposed to PVC so the holes are easy to sand down using fine grit paper, givin...