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Questions on shrinking tone hole

Author: Klarnt
Date: 2024-04-07 10:38

Hi all. I have become oddly fascinated with the workings of tone holes. Could it be observed that as a tone hole becomes smaller (in comparison to the pipe diameter) the pitch flattens? In other words it will sound as though the pipe was longer than the center of the tone hole

But if that assumption is true, how does the register key work? And along the same lines how do leaks in the key pads cause the instrument to play in the upper modes? (what is a pad leak if not an oddly shaped, small hole) At what point does a theoretical shrinking tone hole cease to lower the pitch and instead raise it via the next mode?

Can anybody with knowledge in acoustics clear this up?
Let me know if I got this all wrong

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