piston flute

: a keyed woodwind instrument consisting of a cylindrical tube which is stopped at one end and which has a side hole over which air is blown to produce the tone and having a range from middle C upward for three octaves.

Metal Piston, quite old. This musical instrument, which is close to the trumpet, got this name because it makes a sound with the pistons on it. Notable manufacturers, especially in Europe and America at the end of the 19th century, tried to automate the daily time-consuming work.

In flute. In transverse, or cross, flutes (i.e., horizontally held and side blown), the stream of breath strikes the opposite rim of a lateral mouth hole. Vertical flutes such as the recorder, in which an internal flue or duct directs the air against a hole cut in the side of… In wind instrument: The flute.

A whistle is an instrument which produces sound from a stream of gas, most commonly air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means. Whistles vary in size from a small slide whistle or nose flute type to a large multi-piped church organ.

small flute piccolo, (Italian: “small flute”) in full flauto piccolo, highest-pitched woodwind instrument of orchestras and military bands. It is a small transverse (horizontally played) flute of conical or cylindrical bore, fitted with Boehm-system keywork and pitched an octave higher than the ordinary concert flute.

Definitions of vertical flute. a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece. synonyms: fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder. types: flageolet, shepherd's pipe, treble recorder. a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes.

woodwind group The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening.

You'll typically find piston valves on trumpets, cornets, euphoniums, tubas, and other instruments in their families.

The straight flute is the standard style of tap, designed for a range of different tapping applications. It can be especially beneficial when cutting short chipping material such as cast iron. A straight flute tap can be used in through or blind holes.

The double flute is an ancient category of wind instrument, a set of flutes that falls under more than one modern category in the Hornbostel Sachs system of musical instrument classification. The flutes may be double because they have parallel pipes that are connected with a single duct.

The tin whistle is a fipple style flute which is known by a number of names including penny whistle, Irish whistle, Celtic whistle and feadóg stáin (the Irish term, pronounced fa-doge-stawn).

A flute has a much more pleasing or melodic sound than a person can produce whistling. This is probably due to the fact that the entire flute is vibrating to produce the sound as opposed to just a person's mouth. A flute is much more consistent than a human mouth in producing the same tones repeatedly.