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I somehow doubt that the NFA would send someone to do an interview for a publication when they have their own to publish it. I find it laughable that you're now accusing me of having aliases…. Repeating what your teacher told you without thinking for yourself is exactly what I was getting at... As ...

...about that article that was being written "for the NFA" that was to be placed in Flute Talk....Flute Talk is not actually the NFA's publication....That's the Flutist Quarterly. It's interesting that you wouldn't know that after supposedly being interviewed (for what I assume was not the first ti...

I did not phrase that sentence about flutes and fog horns well. Obviously they are different, but in this situation, the concept is the same....You can presume all you want...Your concepts seem rather muddled. I suggest you do some additional research into this, as none of your points seems to have...

I suggest you read that article that I quoted from. Wye has an extremely vast knowledge of the way a flute works, and makes some very interesting points in it. A foghorn is not different than a flute. It may be traveling over water rather than land, but it is not travleing THROUGH water. The sounds...

Unfortunately, Alex, you're not quite correct....It's the lower partials that determine projection, not the upper partials. Those, in various combinations, create tone colors, and other nuances, but are not responsible for projection. If you think that lower partials cause your sound to project the...

I would also like to point out that loudness and projection are not the same thing. I admit that I don't totally understand what exactly makes the flute sound project, but I have heard old flutes (with small oval holes, little undercutting, etc.) project marvelously. Projection is a function of the...