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A vessel flute is a type of flute with a body which acts as a Helmholtz resonator. The body is vessel-shaped, not tube- or cone-shaped; that is, the far end is closed. Most flutes have cylindrical or conical bore (examples: concert flute, shawm). Vessel flutes have more spherical hollow bodies.
Vessel flutes are musical instruments whose sound is produced by air striking a solid edge of the instrument, but the body of the instrument is enclosed, rather than cylindrical. They are like a simple whistle, but they have one or more holes, for changing the pitch.
The xun (simplified Chinese: 埙; traditional: 塤; pinyin: xūn) is a Chinese vessel flute made of clay or ceramic. It is one of the oldest Chinese instruments. Shaped like an egg, it differs from the ocarina in being side-blown, like the Western concert flute, rather than having a recorder-like mouthpiece (a fipple or beak).
Archaeologists have discovered vessel-flutes like the xun in common graves of the Xia dynasty. Those had three finger holes and could produce the notes do, mi, so, la and fa. The shape of the instrument and number of finger holes of the xun as we know it today were standardized during the Shang dynasty. Most xun of that era had five finger ...
421.13 Vessel flutes (without distinct beak) The body of the pipe is not tubular but vessel-shaped. Jug; 421.2 Flutes with duct or duct flutes - A narrow duct directs the air-stream against the sharp edge of a lateral orifice 421.21 Flutes with external duct - The duct is outside the wall of the flute; this group includes flutes with the duct ...
421.122.2 Sets of stopped side-blown flutes. 421.13 Vessel flutes (without distinct beak) The body of the pipe is not tubular but vessel-shaped Conch (instrument) (if played like a flute) Jug; Xun. 421.2 Flutes with duct or duct flutes - A narrow duct directs the air-stream against the sharp edge of a lateral orifice
The instrument is made of clay and is usually black. [5] The hun is globular and comes in three main shapes: the egg, the hemisphere and the ball. It has a blowing hole on top and five finger holes, two on the back and three on the front.
A fluyt (archaic Dutch: fluijt "flute"; Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) [1] is a Dutch type of sailing vessel originally designed by the shipwrights of Hoorn as a dedicated cargo vessel. [2] Originating in the Dutch Republic in the 16th century, the vessel was designed to facilitate transoceanic delivery with the maximum of space and crew efficiency ...