Ring flute

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 7:29 am

Has anyone tried the ring flute yet?

Eliyahna · Post by **Eliyahna** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:19 pm

What's a ring flute?

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:30 pm

Eliyahna · Post by **Eliyahna** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:06 am

COOWALAMUS!!!!!!!! I gotta try one

Chang He · Post by **Chang He** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:47 pm

Denny wrote:

At first I thought this was more of your photoshop wizardry, but then I checked the properties of that image. Wow.
For the lazy:
http://www.ringflute.com/

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:55 pm

Chang He wrote:
Denny wrote:
At first I thought this was more of your photoshop wizardry, but then I checked the properties of that image. Wow.
For the lazy:
http://www.ringflute.com/

For the lazy!
I made the pic a link to the web address that the pic is on...
Just click the pic...

looks like this 'cept the "{}" are realy "[]"
{url=http://www.ringflute.com/}{img}http://w ... /img}{/url}

JeffS · Post by **JeffS** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:05 pm

That looks like a frisbee, not a musical instrument.

Chang He · Post by **Chang He** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:26 pm

Denny wrote:
Chang He wrote:
Denny wrote:
At first I thought this was more of your photoshop wizardry, but then I checked the properties of that image. Wow.
For the lazy:
http://www.ringflute.com/
For the lazy!
I made the pic a link to the web address that the pic is on...
Just click the pic...

looks like this 'cept the "{}" are realy "[]"
{url=http://www.ringflute.com/}{img}http://w ... /img}{/url}

LOL. I am an idiot. I bow to your superior h4X0r skillZ.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:59 pm

Chang He wrote:
Denny wrote:
Chang He wrote:At first I thought this was more of your photoshop wizardry, but then I checked the properties of that image. Wow.
For the lazy:
http://www.ringflute.com/
For the lazy!
I made the pic a link to the web address that the pic is on...
Just click the pic...

looks like this 'cept the "{}" are realy "[]"
{url=http://www.ringflute.com/}{img}http://w ... /img}{/url}
LOL. I am an idiot. I bow to your superior h4X0r skillZ.

Hidden in plain sight!

Nelson · Post by **Nelson** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 6:13 pm

I saw this and bought one. $40. Fascinating. Partly because right off without scrutiny, it looks like the physics of the music making is very similar to that of a clarinet. The clarinet jumps two octaves when it jumps. This is because it is closed on one end and open on the other. Another difference between a clarinet and a flute is the flute mostly couples out (sends out) sound from the air jet of the embouchure. Clarinets and trumps couple (send out) the sound out the end- hence the bell. It is my guess that a ring flute will jump from the first to the 3rd octave for a different reason: The embouchure is at an anti-node for the second octave. But maybe that is what that little tail is for; a capacitive reactance to put the antinode to the right of the embouchure. We’ll see. Does anyone want to speculate about the physics of the standing wave in the ring flute before we get one?

They said it was in the key of A, it must be the A below our usual D flute. The test sound sounded pretty low.

Nelson

Matt_Paris · Post by **Matt_Paris** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:12 am

Nelson wrote:The clarinet jumps two octaves when it jumps.

Hum, no... It jumps a twelfth (ex from C to G). It jumps two harmonics (from the tonic to the second one), instead of one like a flute.

Nelson wrote:It is my guess that a ring flute will jump from the first to the 3rd octave for a different reason: The embouchure is at an anti-node for the second octave. But maybe that is what that little tail is for; a capacitive reactance to put the antinode to the right of the embouchure. We’ll see. Does anyone want to speculate about the physics of the standing wave in the ring flute before we get one?

In my opinion the ring flute is just a curved flute, I think the "headjoint" is not related to the "foot joint" and the little tail is just the end of the tube... Not that original in fact.

Nelson wrote:Clarinets and trumps couple (send out) the sound out the end- hence the bell.

Actually they are very different in that matter. If you close the end of trumpet completely, you will not get any sound. if you do the same on a clarinet, a sax or a flute, it will just affect the low notes. (I was a sax and clarinet player before playing the flute

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neilC · Post by **neilC** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:26 am

I saw these on Ebay and was tempted but have yet to give in... I agree with Matts assessment - from the photos it just looks like a normal flute bent into a circle, not a complete loop of air. So a very hard to play toy. But heck, it's another weird flute. Can't have too many of 'em

Neil

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:57 am

neilC wrote:I saw these on Ebay and was tempted but have yet to give in... I agree with Matts assessment - from the photos it just looks like a normal flute bent into a circle, not a complete loop of air. So a very hard to play toy. But heck, it's another weird flute. Can't have too many of 'em

Neil

We discussed this flute on the whistle board a while back, and I contacted the maker. This is exactly what it is--a curved flute.

tin tin · Post by **tin tin** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:59 am

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... ring+flute

neilC · Post by **neilC** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:12 pm

Thanks for the link. Our theories confirmed.