Flute
device · 40000 BC · Stone Age
A wind instrument; the oldest ones are made of bone.
What it is made of
- Flute tube — has part. The tube is a resonator of the air column.
- Flute embouchure hole — has part. A stream of air is split against an edge.
- Tone holes — has part. They change the length of the sounding air column.
- Woodwind key mechanism — has part. Boehm’s keys close the holes.
Principles and materials it uses
- Resonance — uses. Resonance of the air column.
- Sound wave — uses. Sound.
- Bone — is made of. The oldest flutes (Hohle Fels) were carved from bird bone and ivory.