I used to make professional orchestral flutes for several new england manufacturers and operated my own flute repair shop for a decade after that. And I have to say - you really nailed the design of this. You zeroed in on the most important fundamentals of what makes a flute work, and leaned into that pre-boehm sound. The scale sounds great. The cut of the headjoint sounds great. And if I had my eyes closed I would have guessed this was boxwood.

@NicolasBras

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, thanks a lot!

@333Eriana

2 жыл бұрын

yes, i have been playing flutes for decades and want to try new things but can't affords them - i've made some transverse and overtone flutes watching this guy

I’ve been using pandemic projects to try to remote teach people that creating music is accessible and this video and your passion for it is really inspiring

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@josevalverde7431

Жыл бұрын

@@NicolasBrasI Want to make a fife flute cpvc in C, buta I haven't measures.can you help me.?

Thanks for sharing. I have seen this one before and was happy to see it again. I have done over 100 DIY flutes, inspired by your early videos. I made them out of PVC and some local bamboo. My favorite was a bass bansuri with a diameter of about 1.25 inches. I played it at the Memory Care Clinic with Alzheimer's patients and it brought them back to life and then deeply relaxed them. It is wonderful to make these instruments and always feels like a miracle that one can take a PVC pipe and make it sound beautiful. I also added a simulated wood finish that actually temporarily fooled a few people,, including some owners of a music store that actually put a few up for sale and sold them (they thought the simulated wood look was classy).

Amazing how simple and cheap you create instruments and how good they sound on the other hand is your skill at every instruments, its really interessting

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Suprisingly straightforward, and sounds better then my Recorder ever did.

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@simsim4142

3 жыл бұрын

9

@yelizaveta1278

3 жыл бұрын

can't wait to play *hot cross buns*! (until I can do JethroTull)

@victoriarocha9299

3 жыл бұрын

@@simsim4142 ae

@jilalidhouhi1140

3 жыл бұрын

So

tres bien........amazing ...this is what happens when a engineer is a musician as well. Brilliant. no words to the perfection. God bless you . fantastic video

One more thing that is important: the distance between the center of the blowing hole and the cork that closes the tube should be equal to the inside diameter of the tube. If the distance is bigger the high notes will sound flat and/or the holes for the higher notes will have to be wider. Except that, amazing amazing amazing tutorial, thanks so much.

Probably the only pvc pipe that could be maded as any instrument you want

That’s the greatest sounding plastic pipe I’ve ever heard

This is real creativity.

Thanks! This was super inspirational. I like how you monitor the notes with each step and adjust the lengths and shape. I'm going to thumbs up and subscribe to help you and your channel!

YES! another flute. keep making flutes bro!! that's my favorite instrument, and you play it well!! nice. good job.

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'll keep making , there so many more I didn't try!

I’ve made one have had made a tune and very proud and astonished!

You said to carefully remove material off the end, but I was hacking off 2-3 mm at a time until I got an A. I'm not too familiar with pipe but mine was rather thick with a PSI rating, so it must've been for water. I just happened across your video and thought it'd be fun to try since I haven't played an instrument in years even though they're just siting there in the other room. Needless to say, even idiots can follow these instructions, so good on on you! :)

Absolutely AMAZING!

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Il faut aussi savoir jouer comme vous!! 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼

nailed it bro video was short but full of information thanks a lot, keep it up

@NicolasBras

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

awesome,👍 wouldn't it be great to make a Bass Sax, or a Bass whistle tone with large diameter pipes/ bamboo

Nice one ! Thanks for sharing , this is golden !! 🎉

Great video, waste no time, right on point. Keep it up.

Wow, I am inspired.

No tenes un canal en youtube con tus composiciones musicales para escuchar ? Se nota que sos un gran artista, gracias por compartir tu trabajo. Saludos

Great stuff!

Favorite app

I love you, man!

Finally one that's specific 😀

duuuude, this is insaaaane! this is super creative and super interesting.. also the sheer amount of hours you put into it... just hats off, man!

@NicolasBras

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@LongerueLui

2 ай бұрын

What would the dimensions be for the key of C? 26 inch?

As a Percussionist.. I’m heading to homedepo for PCP pipe.

@NicolasBras

2 жыл бұрын

I came to flutes with percussions too!

Absolutely fucking amazing! I really hope you keep making tutorials. Thanks for upgrading the world :)

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

I will!

Thanks Nicholas

this was absolutely epic at 0.5 speed sir thank you alot for your work happy new year :D

@terryenglish7132

9 ай бұрын

He does talk fast

Vous êtes un génie monsieur ! Merci !

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Grand merci!

mec c'est juste énorme ce que tu fais. je t'ai vu dans une video ou tu en montre plein. c'est juste hallucinant ! gg continue !

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Merci! Je vais continuer, c'est le début!

i love your channel :D

you are amazing!

My next instrument will be DIY and probably a flute like this (or a panflute). I never played flute before, so have no idea how good this would work for learning though.

yes, super comme vidéo j'ai trop hâte d'essayé

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

merci!

Sounds really nice I made one last week definitely doesn't compare to yours I need to try your version

I want to see an entire band playing this style of instruments

@nathanschimke7309

3 жыл бұрын

Blue Man group

This is very cool and a good way to start playing for only a couple of euros ! I'll have to take a look at your other vids :)

Good idea, how to do flute in PVC pipes good information, i am also try this in home, God bless you, thank you for sharing this video

@NicolasBras

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

hey man, love your vids, i took flute making as a hobby in 2019 (a good thing out of quarentine) and im now printing fipples in my 3d printer, they sound sooooooo good, you should try, my pvc fujara sounds like 300% better

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes I have to try, it tempts me more and more!

Wow, your video content is really wonderful.

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Nice project 😎

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great content

I really like your channel, the beautiful sound of the instruments. Thank you so much for your work. So I decided to make a transverse flute too. Please tell me what diameter of the lip hole is needed for a pipe with an outer diameter of 25mm and an inner diameter of 22 mm.

incrível!!!👏👏👏👏👏

C’est malin ! Tu me donnes envie de créer un instrument et d’en jouer !

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

C'est l'idée!

I have a question. I have a stick, and if I were to apply the same measurements would it still work?

Thank you so much....

Super bien expliqué ! Bravo Ps: Le son à la fin défonce !

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Merci!

I love how simple yet effective all your instruments are!! I’m a big fan of your work! In fact, I’m trying making a flute from bamboo. When I began drilling and tuning finger holes, about 3 holes in and I can’t seem to make the note change. No matter how much I enlarge it. What could be the problem? I’ve got other pieces so, Im prepared to start from scratch. Thank you!

@NicolasBras

2 жыл бұрын

Without seeing the instrument it's hard to tell! The important elements are the block, the place of the mouthpiece, the shape of the pipe, and the size of the holes... Every elements!

@shamardaniel4819

2 жыл бұрын

@@NicolasBras Ok. Thanks anyways! I’ll just keep experimenting!

Awesome work, and the other instruments you built, genial!

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Excellent...

You're smart. I like you🙏💯💪

Thanks a lot Sir. Please i will love to know the name of the tool you used to clean the drilled holes before using the round file

Awesome

good video

Does your book include how to calculate the holes for different flutes? I plan on picking it up weather it does or not :)

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

No magical formula to calculate the holes from scratch, but all the techniques to understand the physics, and build new ones from all the blueprints included!

@rodneycookjr6171

3 жыл бұрын

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@nidaasalah1798

3 жыл бұрын

@@NicolasBras CNN video b no v

@michaelmcguirethis3231

2 жыл бұрын

Pp Lol I'm lllkk I

This is aesome

You're are an artist bro👏

Do you give a way some of your Collection?? I really want to have a C flute PVC pipe.. thank you for your knowledge and sharing it for us... God blessed you always..

i want to cosplay my avatar character from a fantasy videogame one day soon, and he plays the flute so i thought itd be cool if i could make a functional one! your video is amazing, thank you for all the specs, im so hyped to craft it

@NicolasBras

2 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

Can this be adapted to the ‘pipes’ used as qw or helmholtz tubes on vented speaker boxes?

BRAVO.... GENIAL. Like and subscrition.

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

Great contents Nicolas! Do you have a list of tools needed to build these whistles? I would like to purchase a basic package and try making some of your projects :)

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

I detailled all the tools I use in my ebook, but you can start with very simple tools!

sympa !

Are the measurements in millimeters from the flutes opening?

how do you calculate the hole positions for other keys? especially the bass flutes with right angle connectors

So nice and sounds beautiful! Nicolas - would the same measurements work out for a renaissance cornetto?

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Probably not, it would be not so far, but I think the inside of the pipe is a lot smaller than this flute

@tonyg2554

3 жыл бұрын

@@NicolasBras Thanks. One day ... I will try it. Somewhere I have the file for a 3D printed cornetto - it might be possible to adapt those.

Are there any ways to get closer to a full chromatic range without adding much keywork? Maybe using the recorder fingering system.

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

You can't really use the recorder fingering, because holes have to be bigger on a side-blown flute, it would be possible to add some keys, but out of my range! And I love playing 6 holes flutes

@Ficalos

3 жыл бұрын

@@NicolasBras what about traditional fife fingerings? Don’t people get nearly-chromatic ranges out of 6 hole Irish flutes? I recently got a Yamaha “fife”, but it’s really more of a keyless piccolo. 8 holes, no keys, in C. Nearly chromatic range! It costs $10 - you should check it out if you haven’t seen it. I assume you tune yours with the first finger on the right hand fingering F sharp, not natural like on a concert flute?

Cool to see now. Great video now! Keep up the good work now! Be well now!

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Hi there, love your work and your channel 😊 I tried making my own transverse flute following precisely your instructions, and it is quite nice (doesn't sound as good as yours, but I'm no flute player so there's that ahah), but when I get into the high register it is awfully out of tune (sounds almost like a chromatic scale), any idea why and how it can be fixed ?

@gregorygoujon1640

2 жыл бұрын

My tuning wasn't accurate, I fixed it my best but now most of the notes one the second octave are almost flat I saw online that some people build special wedges to make their flute pseudo-conical and so sharper, but I assume you did not and still your flute is perfectly in tune 🤔 I will try making another one but I would really appreciate your opinion on these issues I'm facing As I said, I really enjoy your videos and your music 🙂

@NicolasBras

2 жыл бұрын

On those small transverse flutes the playing technique is very sensitive on the pitch, so if your holes are big enough, I think it is the blowing technique !

@gregorygoujon1640

2 жыл бұрын

@@NicolasBras ok I will work on it, thank you for your insights 😊

Impressionnant, multi-talents, vous assurez grave...et aiguë aussi...Hum. Avez-vous expérimenté avec un bec de sax ? Encore bravo pour tour votre travail .

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

J'ai fabriqué quelques clarinettes PVC, j'en ai parlé sur mon Patreon, mais rien avec bec de sax pour l'instant!

Un orificio en la parte de atrás mejoraría el sonido, a qué distancia lo colocaría? gracias 👍

Fantástico ! La suscripción en Patreon solo se puede con tarjeta de crédito?

Could you make the mouth piece section and the fingerhole section separate with a pvc connection between them to make scales interchangeable? Bring a real bag of tricks to the gig ?

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Sure, I do this a lot!

wow

Hey mate, thank you so much for the straight forward tutorial!!! -Do the holes have to be ib one line or could yoy arrange them to fit the the fingers. -can the holes be different diameter, lets say having pa and sa a bit smaller? Cheers mate:)

PLEASE HELP! I attempted to make one of these, and the upper registers were very out of tune, how to fix that?

Could you tell me how did calculate the dimensions for the flute and the holes?

I want to make a recorder. Do you know how do i find out where to put the back hole for the thumb?

Can you create a pvc pipe whistle when water goes through it sounds?

nice video i hope you can give me the dimensions and spaces between holes for min saxophone for C key i have saxophone mouthpiece and i need to make mini saxophone in pvc thanks

What would be the project to imitate an Oriental Dizi flute?

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

I made a few buzzing flutes, I will talk about in a future video!

You should see Bansuri (Indian bamboo flute )

@NicolasBras

2 жыл бұрын

I make some PVC bansuris too!

@nikhilchorotia1482

2 жыл бұрын

@@NicolasBras how much cost it take to make that ?

Hi, I saw your work, and I really like it. You could pass me, if you can the measurements to make one in C? thanks!

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! The other measurements I got are in my ebook or on Patreon!

Thanks for sharing Nicolas!! I have a doubt: why do youbuse that extra pvc for the blowing piece? Why noy just make a hole in the body pvc? Also, do you make a "bezel" (don't know if it is the right word, I mean like a sharp, cutting edge, as you see in quenas or shakuhachi 's) where you blow?

i am curious is keyless bass flutes exsist were you use you arm to cover on hole and youhand he second, on a bend bass flute, as jt would allow youto play more notes, does it exsist?

Hi, do you have any videos showing how to make Arabian and or Egyptian flutes?

Hello! PLEASE... you can how make Flute Ryuteki with pvc diameter 22mm... please😁

Could you also make a chromatic flute like this?

Great Video! What tuning app do you use? Thanks

@NicolasBras

3 жыл бұрын

Tunable, the best one for wind instruments, and a future sponsor of those videos!

Great video. What is the name of that tool you use with the red handle to cut the holes? Thanks

@HermanVonMisticric

3 жыл бұрын

He says it haha, "deburrer", it's just there to finish the holes (deburr, as the name says)

@gianallele1

3 жыл бұрын

@@HermanVonMisticric ah ha yes he does and thank you sir!

The thing I don't understand is when you change the diameter and the tuning. are the holes measured from the end of the flute the same but the lenght of the pipe is longer for a deeper sound? so holes are from the end 61 , 91, 114, 148, 175, 200 ? I would like to make the D Major one. 25mm pipe

THANK YOU! ♥ Errrrrr...is it possible to order/purchase your flutes and where/how❓

Hello, I have a question, is there a ring around the blow hole (seems like it) and is the hole diameter 9,5 mm diameter?

Hola @Nicolas Bras ¿Me podria ayudar a hacer una flauta trasversal? Pero con tubo de pvc de 1/2 pulgada pero en tono SOL mayor Por favor

in Indian flutes they add one or two holes on the end of the flute. they fine tune it without cutting off the end. I like it cut off too. just an idea i saw. maybe someone wants to try.

Hi sir nice video but any reaction on human body,i mean any problem create on luugs. ,,After blowing pvc pipe