Burning Down

I'm actually looking into building my own theremin.

It is "flappy" because the mechanism is much slower than on regular soprano C flutes. Also, she seems to be slamming her fingers down on the keys which just displays a lack of discipline regarding technique. Although the piece she is playing is fairly modern (it is a modern instrument), so often times percussive effects are required.

The other day I actually got to try a contrabass flute at the store. Only a few flute makers produce them, and they are very expensive. Even the ones made from PVC pipe. The silver plated one they're selling on FluteWorld.com is $14,531.00.

There is also a subcontrabass flute:



This guy has better finger technique than the girl in the other video, so you won't hear the mechanism so much. It sounds a lot like a double bass, or maybe even the octobass.

There is a relatively new flute invention called the Hyperbass Flute as well. I believe this is only part of it (pictured with some other low flutes). The Hyperbass is 32 feet of PVC tubing.



Edit: The flute on the far right is an Alto Flute, which is what I play regularly.