Can you guess the material of a flute from its tone?

[Christoff]

Hello everyone!

Ever wondered the extent to which the flute's material has an impact on its tone? Do you think your ear is sensitive enough to notice the difference between materials? Well, now you can find out for yourself. I tried out four different flutes today:

1. Yamaha 212, nickel and silver alloy,
2. Pearl Dolce, pure silver,
3. Wooden flute (handmade),
4. Miyazawa 9k handmade gold.

I played the same passage with each flute. Here are the anonymized sound clips.

https://soundcloud.com/kursat_phd/sets/ ... m-its-tone?

Can you identify the flutes from their tone alone? Also, which instrument sounds the best? Looking forward to your answers.

[HumbardiFlute]

1.- Silver
2.- Wood
3.- Gold
4.- Alloy

[Betthoi]

I should play different flutes more to finds some differences between their sound. Actually this is a good thing to work!