The Flute and Flute Playing and the geometry

and the geometry

the stories include Saint Francis' sermon to the birds

straight lines and planes in space

ink sketch drawing

but physicists and others will be fascinated

The Flute and Flute Playing and the geometryThe flute (or closely related instrument) has been known since prehistoric times, but up until the middle of the nineteenth century it was still far from being a satisfactory instrument, despite the quantity of important music that had been written for it. Its tone was poor and thin, its volume was low, its keying system was inefficient, and it was very difficult to play. The man who changed all this and invented the modern flute was Theobald Boehm