Flutes in Space

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"A pennywhistle ain't a flute."

To be pedantic, here is a classification of the various types of flutes, with examples. Note that the pennywhistle is type of flageolet:

Flutes (Flue Voiced) (Air column split by lip of of the instrument)
---Open Tube  
------End Blown Single Flutes
---------Kaval  
------End Blown Multiple Flutes
---------Panpipes
------Whistle Blown 
---------Boatswains Whistle

---------Flageolet

---------Recorder
------Side Blown
---------Transverse Flute
---Closed Tube
---------Ocarina
---Keyboard
---------Organ

Source: <<http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary ... tmain.html>>
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jemtheflute wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:Criminy, you guys. Look, I propose a multipurpose new word: iffect. It does everything the E does and the A does, and you don't even have to repronounce it.
Mmmm, But I don't pronounce "effect" and "affect" the same as each other.
Yeah - I like to think so too. :wink:
jemtheflute wrote:(We Brits have always been worried, for example, about the American penchant for chucking Catholic church service books at the Russians [or whoever] at times of crisis....)
Excuse me, but....huh?
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Nanohedron wrote:
jemtheflute wrote:(We Brits have always been worried, for example, about the American penchant for chucking Catholic church service books at the Russians [or whoever] at times of crisis....)
Excuse me, but....huh?
He is obviously referring to ballistic missals. :wink:
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Oooh. Ouch. Well played. :twisted:
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very well indeed!Image
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You guys didn't get that, huh? It's a bit like Bush's War on Tourism. You can use missals for that too. Which is presumably why he also used an old-fashioned Christian term to describe the campaign.
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Of course, (mis-)pronouncing "missiles" as "missles" may be an accurate reflection of expectations/performance.....
I respect people's privilege to hold their beliefs, whatever those may be (within reason), but respect the beliefs themselves? You gotta be kidding!

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benhall.1 wrote:You guys didn't get that, huh?
Mind you, I'm not sure they got your dame on the other thread either.
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Oh yes they did!

Oh ... no, they didn't ...

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youse Brits an' yer bum humour...
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Denny wrote:youse Brits an' yer bum humour...
Just 'cos you're behind us.
:twisted:
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It looks just like my Boehm C flute. Jems right, she is holding it correctly and just hasn't put it to her lip. If she is taking the flute pictured, there's, no wood in that one. The article does have a nice fuzzy feeling to it however.
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Lar wrote:Here's the info to answer some of the above questions...
Do you happen to know which whistle she took? Those of us over on the end-blown forum would like to know.
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Just an update:

We now have video of a flute in space!

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogal ... d=61427791


I would have liked to see her play all 3 she brought though.
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Nice hair do too!
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