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AnnaJ · Post by **AnnaJ** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:01 am

I just saw this and am amazed that any flute could make such a low sound. I'm not sure how useful this instrument is as there are much nicer bass instruments around. However, maybe it could add something to a flute choir.

What do you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Nz0UGuQyc

fluteguy18 · Post by **fluteguy18** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:47 pm

Pretty interesting! Although... the description lies. The lowest and largest flute in the world is a Hyper Bass flute. It is 4 octaves below the concert flute, is about 15 meters long (I think), and the lowest notes are on the border of human hearing.

There's only one in the entire world.

pied_piper · Post by **pied_piper** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:48 pm

Here's a link with a photo:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... _flute.jpg

Next up: Put an embouchure hole on the Alaska pipeline...

fluteguy18 · Post by **fluteguy18** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:13 am

And pardon my crude humor, but I'm dying to compose a piece for Hyper Bass flute called "Enema Variations."

The title was from a Freudian slip that a conductor of mine once made when announcing that we were about to perform Nimrod from ENIGMA variations.

I haven't gotten the idea of Enema variations out of my head ever since.

Lots of pedal tones.

pied_piper · Post by **pied_piper** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:36 am

fluteguy18 wrote:I'm dying to compose a piece for Hyper Bass flute called "Enema Variations."

Not to mention that on a hyper bass, all that plumbing could serve a dual purpose.