Has anyone tried the ring flute yet? 
What’s a ring flute?
COOWALAMUS!!! I gotta try one
At first I thought this was more of your photoshop wizardry, but then I checked the properties of that image. Wow.
For the lazy:
http://www.ringflute.com/
For the lazy!
I made the pic a link to the web address that the pic is on…
Just click the pic…
looks like this 'cept the “{}” are realy “”
{url=http://www.ringflute.com/}{img}http://www.ringflute.com/images/rf_bkgd_brown_up.jpg{/img}{/url}
That looks like a frisbee, not a musical instrument. 
LOL. I am an idiot. I bow to your superior h4X0r skillZ. 
Hidden in plain sight!
I saw this and bought one. $40. Fascinating. Partly because right off without scrutiny, it looks like the physics of the music making is very similar to that of a clarinet. The clarinet jumps two octaves when it jumps. This is because it is closed on one end and open on the other. Another difference between a clarinet and a flute is the flute mostly couples out (sends out) sound from the air jet of the embouchure. Clarinets and trumps couple (send out) the sound out the end- hence the bell. It is my guess that a ring flute will jump from the first to the 3rd octave for a different reason: The embouchure is at an anti-node for the second octave. But maybe that is what that little tail is for; a capacitive reactance to put the antinode to the right of the embouchure. We’ll see. Does anyone want to speculate about the physics of the standing wave in the ring flute before we get one?
They said it was in the key of A, it must be the A below our usual D flute. The test sound sounded pretty low.
Nelson
Hum, no… It jumps a twelfth (ex from C to G). It jumps two harmonics (from the tonic to the second one), instead of one like a flute.
In my opinion the ring flute is just a curved flute, I think the “headjoint” is not related to the “foot joint” and the little tail is just the end of the tube… Not that original in fact. 
Actually they are very different in that matter. If you close the end of trumpet completely, you will not get any sound. if you do the same on a clarinet, a sax or a flute, it will just affect the low notes. (I was a sax and clarinet player before playing the flute 
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I saw these on Ebay and was tempted but have yet to give in… I agree with Matts assessment - from the photos it just looks like a normal flute bent into a circle, not a complete loop of air. So a very hard to play toy. But heck, it’s another weird flute. Can’t have too many of 'em
Neil
We discussed this flute on the whistle board a while back, and I contacted the maker. This is exactly what it is–a curved flute.
Thanks for the link. Our theories confirmed.
I got the ring flute and I’m really glad I did. It plays wonderfully and I love the portability aspect. I also love the durability. I’m always worried about the cat knocking over my flute stand and denting my silver flute… heck you could play frisbee with this one and then play a tune with it!! It came with a velvet carry bag and a fingering chart. I recommend it.
Hmmm..
All this talk - this thread and the one linked in an earlier post on this thread – and still apparently no has bought and/or played one.
Either this is an elaborate practical joke, and no such beast exists, or all those who bought one have played it, and entered into a parallel universe, never to be seen again in this one.
Nelson says he bought one for $40 – yet we haven’t heard from him since he said that.
Coincidence?? I think not.
Eliyahna: Aren’t the fingerings ‘backwards’? Or do you stick one arm through the ring?
OK, cross-posted.
Can you post a sound sample??
I think we posted at same time.
I DID! I DID! I LOVE IT!!! I’m playing it right now