The C get's flatted just the same as any other diminished chord. 
 Although the 5th you play is actually B, it would be notated as a Cflat 
to make it a proper triad.  From C to be is not a whole step.  Pitch 
wise it is a half step just like any other two keys on the keyboard.

lars

Hugh G. Blaze wrote:

> In my ongoing effort to learn more about theory and teach myself how 
> to read music, I once again turn to the list for some wisdom...
>
> My quesiton is this: how the fuck do you play a diminished F???
>
> If you're supposed to flat the fifth by a half step, but the step down 
> from C major to B major is a whole step... well, I guess that's 
> it-what do you do with the fifth in an f dim?
>
> Thanks heads.
>
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