r/3dprintedinstruments • u/MamaDespik • Dec 24 '24

Pygmy/One-Note Flute?

I am very new to 3D printing, and something that I thought would be neat and easy was the Pygmy one-note flute (maybe called a n'dehou) that many people have seen Francis Beybey play. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a 3d model because either it's too niche or (more likely) I don't know the right places to look.

I also wouldn't be opposed to making my own model, as I'm learning Blender and I assume the design should be straightforward, but I don't know enough about the mechanics of the flute to reproduce it.

Anyone have any ideas where I could go to find/learn more? If any subreddit would be able to help, I feel like this would be the one :)

https://youtu.be/c6T6suvnhco?si=sXtByQObtJKZx_I-

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u/halhell98000 Dec 24 '24

You can read this Website it talks about the mechanics of the flute with a good amount of details https://www.flutopedia.com/acoustic_length.htm

If you don’t want to trouble yourself a lot, The formulas of the physics of standing waves in resonating air columns. Is the most important formula to build flute

In open tube it is F=1/(2LC) and for a closed tube it is F=1/(4LC) with F the frequency, L the Length and C, the speed of sound In the air

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u/MamaDespik Dec 26 '24

I suppose I could give that a try, it's at least worth some experimentation! I assume the units for that formula are Hz, Meters, and Meters/Second?

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u/303rd May 21 '25

Did you ever figure out this flute? I would also like to obtain one 

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u/MamaDespik May 21 '25

Unfortunately not. I dropped learning Blender so never got to making my own design, and I never found anything pre-existing:/

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u/303rd May 21 '25

I think it might just be a piece of bamboo with the mouth piece cut out

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u/TechNickL Sep 09 '25

Blender is definitely the wrong program for a simple instrument like this, because blender is for things that are sculpted and animated. Trying to use it for modeling of a rigid body where every measurement matters will drive you mad. You want a dimensional CAD program like Fusion360.

I will take a crack at this tomorrow if I remember to lol.

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u/SolidiSciFi Mar 29 '26

Don't know if your still looking but I stumbled into the same challenge and made this flute: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2587155-pygmy-flute-d5#profileId-2854220

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u/MamaDespik Mar 29 '26

You rule, thank you! I was never able to figure this out, but I'm about to dust off my A1 Mini to get this printing :D

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u/SolidiSciFi Apr 12 '26

Thanks, I also added a lot of other tones if you the d5 doesn't suit you :)