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| | Flute - infoweb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Quite at the opposite end of the spectrum, in terms of the complexity of the key system developed by Boehm, was the Giorgi flute, an advanced form of the ancient holed flute. |
 | | End blown flutes, include the recorder, organ pipe, ocarina, the tin whistle, and the shakuhachi. |
 | | The head end is the most difficult part to construct, because it is a long thin parabola or hyperbola (note that some editors believe there are only parabolas, others that it varies by maker and model). |
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