Reproduction of a 15th century bone flute

We produced a playable replica of a 15th century bone flute for the Musikinstrumentensammlung Willisau, Switzerland. The flute block is not preserved, therefore the original instrument does not produce sound. In the course of our work we performed a high resolution X-ray computed tomography, designed a variety of new blocks as CAD models, tested them with a fluid dynamic simulation, and printed a playable replication.

A lecture on the subject was given at the Cité de la musique in Paris in February 2020. The accompanying slides are no longer available online.