Search found 19 matches: headjoint stopper design
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- Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:11 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: ChatGPT Flute Making Advice
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4276
Re: ChatGPT Flute Making Advice
... captures the tone and tuning of Casey's design, but all my dimensions have changed; all ... to solve the wrong problem trying by adjusting headjoint-stopper volume. Even small changes in volume and embouchure ...
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 5:59 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Barna Gabos keyless F dogwood flute review
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7069
Barna Gabos keyless F dogwood flute review
... I'm not all mistaken, it's based on a Pratten design (Barna will surely correct me if I'm wrong). ... is the only non-wooden part save from the cork stopper. There are rings made out of a darker wood, ... in this flute are definitely between the headjoint and the floor. To conclude, let me put ...
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 10:22 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: PVC flute temperament
- Replies: 59
- Views: 25159
Re: PVC flute temperament
Well, I've got some results from modelling headjoints, and they are quite unexpected. I modelled ... giving bore diameters every 20 mm plus the stopper position, that would optimize tuning through ... "optimized" Chinese xiao that was designed by Yan Lang at the University of British ...
- Mon Sep 17, 2018 10:13 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Odd Stopper Question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2553
Odd Stopper Question
... tests. One of the things I noticed is the headjoint leaks just a tiny bit at the end cap, ... out the end, and that stopped it. Okay, so the stopper is leaking just a tiny bit. Maybe not enough ... on C&F about how Tom changed his stopper design, and I think this is the newer one? The face ...
- Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:03 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Competitive benefits of conical and cylindrical flute bores?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 22313
Re: Competitive benefits of conical and cylindrical flute bo
... single piece of wood with a permanently fixed stopper, the conventional wedge design would not work. I actually evolved into doing them ... amount of clear epoxy against the stopper in the headjoint and then tilt the flute just the right amount ...
- Tue Jun 07, 2016 8:51 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: LefreQue - what the heck?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11462
Re: LefreQue - what the heck?
... not quite making sense. For instance, I had a headjoint once with weights added to the stopper assembly, and it played quite differently with and ... no idea. Then there's Robert Bigio's stopper and crown design. That makes a difference, too, weird though it may ...
- Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:24 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: About that head cork. . .
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3323
Re: About that head cork. . .
Ah, that's about the BORE. Not the stopper face. Where are you locating the parabola ... is U* shaped. If the stopper is excluded, the headjoint's profile has to be something like this ... the OP topic. Bohm himself didn't call his head design 'parabolic' as such. Anyway, inspect the nearest ...
- Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:08 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Antique non-pitch flute
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3854
Re: Antique non-pitch flute
... and tapering, conoid bodies !!!!!!!!! Bohm's design (his second one) was the "parabolic" (i.e. expanding from the stopper) head with cylindrical body. Rockstro just ... wider than my silver Boehm flute. Is the Rockstro headjoint compatible with any of the other Rudall Carte ...
- Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:10 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Antique non-pitch flute
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3854
Re: Antique non-pitch flute
In my naivety, I saw the tapered headjoint and presumed it was conical. What you say ... and tapering, conoid bodies !!!!!!!!! Bohm's design (his second one) was the "parabolic" (i.e. expanding from the stopper) head with cylindrical body. Rockstro just made ...
- Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:44 pm
- Forum: Sold and Old
- Topic: FS: Boxwood Bleazey flute in D
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1147
FS: Boxwood Bleazey flute in D
... its an older bleazey as I cannot see this design on his website, not in D anyway his f and ... similar, this particular flute also has no stopper in the end, again i'm not sure if this is ... there is one mark on the back of the headjoint, it looks like a crack but its not, its ...
- Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:28 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: FS - Boxwood Bleazey flute in D
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1048
FS - Boxwood Bleazey flute in D
... its an older bleazey as I cannot see this design on his website, not in D anyway his f and ... similar, this particular flute also has no stopper in the end, again i'm not sure if this is ... there is one mark on the back of the headjoint, it looks like a crack but its not, its ...
- Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:40 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: New Yamaha Fife Thread
- Replies: 34
- Views: 17750
... my right hand. I'm pretty impressed with the design of the fife. The tenon joint is not a simple ... you return to your preferred rotation of the headjoint. The embouchure hole is a rounded rectangle ... lip for a good embouchure. I notice that the stopper is set very close to the embouchure hole. ...
- Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:23 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Headjoint stopper design and materials
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5034
Re: Headjoint stopper design and materials
I had some interesting stopper experiences some years ago: I used to have a ... ounces of weight to the assembly, which made the headjoint darker and more resistant. I also tried a ... just unscrew or pull out the endcap (depending on design), leaving the cork/stopper in place. In fact, ...
- Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:47 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Headjoint stopper design and materials
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5034
Re: Headjoint stopper design and materials
In discussions with Tom Aebi, he told me that he had redesigned the stopper for his flutes, and that they had a big effect on the sound and response of the flute, and ...
- Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:05 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Headjoint stopper design and materials
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5034
Re: Headjoint stopper design and materials
In discussions with Tom Aebi, he told me that he had redesigned the stopper for his flutes, and that they had a big effect on the sound and response of the flute, and ...