Comments on: Snoot-Flute: make music with your nose!

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:21:00 +0000

I brought one to a BoingBoing meetup. That was a good time, we should do it again! http://boingboing.net/2011/06/16/boing-boing-meetup-r-1.html

By: coolvoodoo

coolvoodoo — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:44:00 +0000

In the 50′s and 60′s they were made from stamped sheet metal…..and sounded much better of course!

By: Sebastian Mayer

Sebastian Mayer — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:22:00 +0000

for sure it caught on, at least in Berlin Kreuzberg: das Kreuzberger Nasenfloeten Orchester (Noseflute Orchestra of Kreuzberg). Please check: http://youtube.com/watch?v=whAufqoH24Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

By: Jake0748

Jake0748 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:31:00 +0000

Snoot-Flute, huh? Archie & Jughead’s science teacher was professor Flutesnoot. (Don’t ask me how or why I remember this kind of stuff).

By: Crashproof

Crashproof — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:40:00 +0000

So did I. I never figured out how to get any sort of sound out of it though.

By: robotnik

robotnik — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:20:00 +0000

I hear that those are being given away for free, and that sometimes, other people are being paid to play them.

By: showme

showme — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:04:00 +0000

But not as well as its replacement, the Skin Flute.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:10:00 +0000

I understand this product sold much better than its predecessor, the Snot Flute.

By: Bob LeDrew

Bob LeDrew — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:08:00 +0000

I love my humanatone. http://www.thewhistleshop.com/catalog/whistles/inexpensive/noseflute.htm

By: Heevee Lister

Heevee Lister — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:43:00 +0000

I can’t recall which, but at least one of PDQ Bach’s works has a part for the Schnazefloete.

By: knoxblox

knoxblox — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:03:00 +0000

Now sharing a harmonica doesn’t seem so bad by comparison.

By: technogeekagain

technogeekagain — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:47:00 +0000

They’re actually playable instruments, with a sound much like a slide-whistle … which is essentially what they are; your mouth acts as the tuneable resonating chamber. I keep one with my music book for times when something silly is needed.

By: dragonfrog

dragonfrog — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:59:00 +0000

A friend of mine was in a nose-flute ensemble. I’m not sure if the group is still a going thing, but my friend is no longer in it, as she moved out of town, almost certainly not to escape the noseflute ensemble.
http://www.noseflute.ca/

By: Saint Al

Saint Al — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:55:00 +0000

The plastic nose flutes have a somewhat recorder-like tone. Yep, I own and play one- not so much for adding to the musical skill set but for comedic effect. Protip- blow your nose before a performance.

By: binarygirl

binarygirl — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:20:00 +0000

“…on triangle, Martin Prince, and with a flute up his nose, Ralph Wiggum.” **toot toot**

By: theophrastvs

theophrastvs — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:17:00 +0000

yet another esoteric musical appliance begging to be rendered 3d-printedable (along with the alboka and various ocarinas) …yep.

By: edgore

edgore — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:08:00 +0000

Clearly, this is a Groaci plot!

By: mack

mack — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:07:00 +0000

I have one of these made of bamboo I got in a wild imported-instruments store I found in Brighton. They’re really easy to play, and amusing as hell.

You can still find ‘em in plastic, for a (hah) song: https://www.google.com/search?q=nose+flute&oq=nose+flute&aqs=chrome.0.57j60l4j62.1129&sugexp=chrome,mod=9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

By: Chris Thompson

Chris Thompson — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:06:00 +0000

I used to have one of those (It was called a nose flute). They were pretty awesome.

Oh, turns out you can still buy them

https://www.google.com/search?q=nose+flute&aq=f&oq=nose+flute&aqs=chrome.0.57j5j0l2j60.3873&sugexp=chrome,mod=10&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=nose+flute&hl=en&tbo=u&source=univ&tbm=shop&sa=X&ei=jRbGUI6sBoSB0AG7pICIBg&ved=0CFYQsxg&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=7483acfa4548cef0&bpcl=39650382&biw=1920&bih=951