Curiosity: Loudest wooden flute

[Hup]

It is exhausting to play that way and it means you have
to practice playing that way all the time to stay in shape for it.
It's just not fun; it's why I've taken a flute-cation the last
few months and sold my Olwell.

[Akiba]

The loudest flute I've played is a Casey Burns Large-Hole model. I could blow super hard in that flute and create a very loud tone.

That said, I play small-holed flutes now and have no problem being heard or projecting a loud enough tone. It really is the player.

[Cathy Wilde]

It really is.

[Loren]

I have my stunt double play all the loud bits for me.

[cory little]

I might be able to fit the order? I make the Elaphone.. a flared fipple flute, that I believe to have the advantage when it comes to volume. It is actually the characteristic that I believe to be worth the fact that this design does sacrifice some of the second octave. The flared tube works to direct the low note frequencies, in the same way that a didgeridoo does.

Yesterday I had my display at a flute fair where I was the only wooden flute maker, in a room full of silver flutes and piccolos, and I was able to draw eyes from the other side of the room with a couple of my flutes. This being in a room full of discordant scale runs and overtone sampling, almost like a white noise of fluty cartoon sound effects..


http://www.etsy.com/listing/172186552/n ... e_active_2

I have a G minor from this same batch that I think you would like more, because it's even a little louder.
probably my loudest flute?

What key are you looking for?

I'll break you a good deal if your willing to come back here and give me an honest review?
I'm still trying to get my name out there...

corylittle.com
phone works best.

[Loren]

[Mr.Gumby]

There are many loud things you can try, now that door to random suggestions has been opened:

[Sirchronique]

I might be able to fit the order? I make the Elaphone.. a flared fipple flute, that I believe to have the advantage when it comes to volume. It is actually the characteristic that I believe to be worth the fact that this design does sacrifice some of the second octave. The flared tube works to direct the low note frequencies, in the same way that a didgeridoo does.

Yesterday I had my display at a flute fair where I was the only wooden flute maker, in a room full of silver flutes and piccolos, and I was able to draw eyes from the other side of the room with a couple of my flutes. This being in a room full of discordant scale runs and overtone sampling, almost like a white noise of fluty cartoon sound effects..


http://www.etsy.com/listing/172186552/n ... e_active_2

I have a G minor from this same batch that I think you would like more, because it's even a little louder.
probably my loudest flute?

What key are you looking for?

I'll break you a good deal if your willing to come back here and give me an honest review?
I'm still trying to get my name out there...

corylittle.com
phone works best.

This is a thread about transverse Irish flutes, if you couldn't tell .

[MadmanWithaWhistle]

Sean Gavin has a real foghorn of a flute, a Grinter I think, but man, he can blow all the windows out of a room when he wants to. We didn't see much of that though; he's much quieter playing with others.

[Akiba]

Truth is, if you play too loud at sessions or with other folks in general, it's obnoxious and usually unmusical.

[Kirk B]

[sligofluter]

I could compare a Lehart, a Hamilton and an Arpha flutes with mi M&E the past weekend, and I have to say that the Hamilton sounded much louder than all other in my hands.

I was surprised not only by the volume of the Hamilton flute, but also its harmonics and richness of nuances that have.


David

[Steph7]

I could compare a Lehart, a Hamilton and an Arpha flutes with mi M&E the past weekend, and I have to say that the Hamilton sounded much louder than all other in my hands.

I was surprised not only by the volume of the Hamilton flute, but also its harmonics and richness of nuances that have.


David

Thanks for the answer, that's what I mean.

[chas]

I had a Hammy for awhile, and I would concur with sligofluter. I wasn't surprised by the power of the Hammy -- it's one of the classic powerful Pratten-type flutes. But people don't talk so much about the nuance that it's capable of. For me, its natural sound was kind of the traditional Irish sound in the lower octave, but quite pure in the second octave. I found that it was easy to get the purer sound in the lower octave and the fatter sound in the upper octave.

The only reason I sold it was hand problems. If I knew then what I know now about cortisone shots, I would probably still own it.

[jim stone]

Right. I found the Hammy a hand full.