Simple Flutes


Photo by Will Gullette

Built:1995, San Francisco, California.
Dimensions:Flute 1: Length 410.0 mm; bore 19.0 mm. (Left)
Flute 2: Length 421.0 mm; bore 17.5 mm. (Middle)
Flute 3: Length 558.0 mm; bore 19.0 mm. (Right)
Materials:Flute 1: Extruded acrylic.
Flute 2: Amaranth wood.
Flute 3: Extruded acrylic.
Fundamentals:Flute 1: G4 (1/1) 392.0 cps
Flute 2: G4 (1/1) 392.0 cps
Flute 3: D4 (1/1) 294.0 cps
Tuning:Just Intonation.

From my book Musical Mathematics: On the Art and Science of Acoustic Instruments (see Musical Mathematics Pages > Table of Contents), below please find Table 8.2(b), which gives the dimensions and scale of Flute 1 tuned to G4 at 392.0 cps. Flute 3 has the same scale as Flute 1, but it is tuned to D4 at 294.0 cps.

 

 

(See also Musical Mathematics Pages > Flute Tone Holes.)

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