Best ordering may be from the author, at. The best and only book on flute repair! The publisher also offers a flute repair video, Flute Fitness, by J. James Phelan. Around 1799, John Robison used a similar idea to invent a musical siren. A fully illustrated guide for players wishing to maintain their own instruments as well as for flute repair professionals. More recently, musical instrument designer Bart Hopkin created a musical instrument based on the idea. Best ordering may be from the publisher, at or the author, at The Complete Guide to the Flute and Piccolo, Second Edition, by J. James Phelan with contributions by Lillian Burkart, Burkart-Phelan, 2000. Bart is the editor of the respected quarterly Experimental Musical Instruments.
A highly technical discussion of acoustics for instrument makers. Closing the hole increases the effective length and lowers the pitch again. Air columns and toneholes by Bart Hopkin, 1999, Tai Hei Shakuhachi, Experimental Musical Instruments edition, in English - Rev. I’ve heard mixed comments about the reliability of this book’s information, but it’s still the only one on wood-turned flutes!Īir Columns and Toneholes: Principles for Wind Instrument Design, by Bart Hopkin, Tai Hei Shakuhachi, 1999 (revised edition). These two expansions must be equal on the surface of intersection between the main bore and tone hole, and this condition may be. Tells how to make wood-turned replicas of Baroque instruments, including a flute.
Air Columns and Tone Holes: Principles for Wind, Experimental Musical Instruments. The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker, by Trevor Robinson, University of Massachusetts, 1981. Slap Tubes and other plosive Aerophones - Bart Hopkin and Phil Dadson.
