Flame Flute: Alyce Santoro performs w/flute and Ruben's Tube

Artist Alyce Santoro deomonstrates sound wave to flame wave conversion with amplified improvised flute. The sound vibrates a rubber diaphram on the gas filled, flaming tube, creating sound wave forms of fire.

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• Alyce
• Santoro
• flame
• flute
• improvised
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• wave
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• short
• physics
• artist
• sonic
• fabric
• Rubens'
• Rueben's

[Chippy569]

why does your flute sound like it has some form of octave shift down (as though you're playing both flute and... bass bass flute?) Are you playing along to a recording or is it a live effect?

[Mars718]

There is an effects pedal in use. It is a live effect during live performance by Alyce Santoro.

[zxer190]

Hey How did u send the Sound waves to the tube?

[Mars718]

good eye, I did not include a shot of the rubber diaphragm on the end of the tube next to the amplifier. The amp vibrations pulse the diaphragm, the diaphragm moves the gas, which is flaming through the holes on top, just like a gas stove. There are diagrams on line, check wikipedia. It is a dangerous project, I recommend not doing it. If the diaphragm comes off you have a room full of gas. and flame.

[SmileysRevenge100]

Cool stuff!  Just built one myself, they're quite fun.

[tootone]

this is probably the best rubens tube vid out there.

[jazzflutist]

Called multiphonics, you can actually play them without electronics as well.

[picardkid]

Volume probably does affect the height of the flames (amplitude). Frequency just affects the wavelength of the flames. Just a guess, but I think the length of the tube has to be made for the specific song, so its length is a multiple of the wavelength of the song's home key.

Example: the wavelength of the note A(440) is roughly .75 meters. For a song in the key of A, use a tube that long.

[kmdental36]

Just goes to show that the plasma power in a flames are so alike the electrical power that we plug everything into. Awsome!! Great Job!! 5stars

[Symphyla]

exquiste

[kjun13]

so it's based on the frequency of the sound wave and the volume doesn't matter?

[zokizoran]

thats awesome

[xmaneotisn]

I think it was the tube playing it lower as the air passed through.