Timeline for How does the use of silver influence the quality of a flute?
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| Jan 9, 2019 at 20:57 | vote | accept | Tim H | ||
| Jan 9, 2019 at 9:24 | comment | added | Scott Wallace | @CarlWitthoft - yep, that must of course be taken into account, as well as many other design parameters: the exact shape of the embouchure, the depth of the tone holes, how well the tone holes are vented by the keys, etc. | |
| Jan 8, 2019 at 15:19 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | Might add that the care in manufacture, along with wall thickness, is a major player in sound quality as well as ease of playing. | |
| Jan 8, 2019 at 11:01 | comment | added | Scott Wallace | @TimH - the focus on the material of the head is because if there is an difference, it will be more because of the head than the rest of the flute, because the air pressure is higher there and thus has more energy to displace the wall. Why silver is the choice of many is beyond my knowledge. Perhaps because it's heavier than nickel but stiffer than gold? | |
| Jan 8, 2019 at 8:02 | comment | added | Tim H | Interesting, and thanks for the article. What it seems to point out is that there is a small but measurable and noticeble difference. Any idea why silver is supposed to be better and why there's so much focus on the material of the head? | |
| Jan 7, 2019 at 11:35 | history | answered | Scott Wallace | CC BY-SA 4.0 |