LefreQue: Sound Demonstrations
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Hear Hans Kuijt, founder and inventor of lefreQue sound bridges, demonstrate tuning and sound projection with and without the lefreQue sound bridge.
Read the full article, written by Shivhan Dohse, on our website at www.theflutevie....
Amazing! I strapped one to my throat and I can now sing in tune
😅😅😅 we should pass these out to half the singers at next years Grammy awards.
I can hear a difference however, I also hear a difference in your support and use of vibrato which also has a bearing on projection. Do you have any scientific testing re nodes/anti-nodes and the impact on the sound waves. I guess I'm going to have to wait until the NFA to try a solid gold one on my Brannen. Also, how long would the elastic band last? I'm still trying to grasp the scientific properties of this device. Since there is no change inside the tube itself and I'm assuming this device is producing sympathetic vibrations to amplify, I don't see how it would affect intonation. I'd really like to see some more literature (Specific) to back up the theory. Thank you
+Tutti Lynn Hi they really work,& 14k is really a wow!! the top flautists here in Denmark now use them as well. bands are cheap ,like hair bands,or can use small bands for braids..not sure what they are called,but cannot see them so much. Adding mass to the tube of any wind instr,. will change harmonics & these plates sing as well,so effect is amplified. Hope you can try at some point
Tutti Lynn you won't find any science about this. The material posted in the lefreque site is pseudoscience.
Many doubters in the comments...
What I will say is that, for me, a key advantage of the device is the difference it creates in the response. That's something that a listener can't necessarily perceive, but which is of great importance to the player. Everyone I know who's tried one has been able to notice a difference; whether that's something they think is worth the price is an individual preference. There's no way in hell I would ever pay for one of the solid-gold or platinum ones, but I'm very happy with the silver-plated one I bought (I actually liked it better than the gold-plated model).
Hi, very interesting. The pitch correction was minimal at best but what I noticed was how the LefreQue dulls the sound. To my ear a lot of overtones where lost when you added it.
My personal experience is that there IS something to this gadget ... and other flute makers are introducing their own similar inventions. My flute maker, Chris Abell, is making "rings" that fit between the HJ and body-- giving the flute a (at the very least) a smooth appearance when the HJ is pulled out. That said, the Abell flute is so great, it doesn't need a ring sound-bridge at all.
But, I believe the Freque DOES make an audible difference in the sound of my silver flute (Powell/Mancke). For me, it darkens the sound of the metal flute and gives me "woody" shades to play with (which I love). The only data set I have to determine its efficacy are dozens of my personal trial recordings, with and without, different materials, and placed all over the flute. I don't love the look of the LeFreque on my flute, but its a relatively inexpensive way to freshen up your sound.... and easy to resell if you don't like it.
1:54 There IS a lefreque at the footjoint!
You didn’t use vibrato on the first but added it to the ones with the gadget. I don’t think this items delivers what it’s stating it does???
Well the octaves on my flute are not too sharp. I think you forced the differences yourself. At least your lips looked like it. Also I cannot hear any difference in sound nor projection.
This is what musical snake oil looks like. In fact, the lefreque does noting at all, and no objective evidence that it does anything is offered here. The sciency-sounding words are just pseudoscience.
Right on and $250 pure rip off!
Makes a metal flute 'woody' again
Waste of money. All these things you think can magically be fixed by this device can be fixed with practice.
Le FreQue “Because you’ll believe anything!”
If it needs that sort of analysis for comparison then it’s a waste of 💰. If you can’t feel it or hear it in your bones then buy yourself a better mouthpiece. This gimmick is like the arthritis bracelet. If you believe it works then you fool yourself in making it work.
i am not convinced! rather, it raises the question of how much money you get for doing what you are doing