As long as we equate the Doppelflote with the Tibia, or listen only to the very smooth, inarticulate examples with high, arched cutups, we will continue to find them unsuitable. I have put two into instruments to replace completely ineffective "classical" flutes from the 1960s, stops that were so anaemic as to be useless, and leave the division without a melody line.
 
Cut the mouth on any stopped flute high enough, and treat the languid enough, and you can rob it of all the articulation and character you want. Similarly, an open wood flute can be designed, built, voiced and finished to be an articulate, bright, and useful specimen, or a fog horn.
 
How's this for a GSG (gross sweeping generalization)? American organbuilding continues to suffer from generalizations...
 
Sebastian M. Gluck
in drizzly Philadelphia
disappointed at the service of dedication of the new organ in Regensburg -- a fine organ, just a disappointing service and a missed opportunity
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