Re: [Phys-l] Design of experiments, a cautionary tale. Was: Re: [tap-l] pvc flute

[John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>]

On 07/10/2007 04:44 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
>  Going back over what  
> I had done, I realized that it wasn't so much that I had progressively  
> improved my designs as simply gotten better at playing the flute.  [bc 
> emphasis.] 

ROTFL.

1) Been there, done that.  No flute is easy to blow.

2a) Maybe the customers would be happier with PVC recorders?

2b) OTOH you can buy a box of plastic recorders for a few
 bucks per recorder.

3) On the third hand, the nontrivial exercise of teaching kids to
 blow a transverse flute is a worthwhile exercise, and maybe it
 is part of the fun.  It depends on the details of the situation.
 (Somehow I suspect a lot of context was lost before I joined this
 thread.)