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Building a copper pipe 'xylophone'

David R Lapp

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Music is central to the life of many students. This article describes using the equation for frequency of vibration of a transversely oscillating bar or pipe (with both ends free to vibrate) to build a simple and inexpensive xylophone-like musical instrument or set of chimes from a 3 m section of copper pipe. The instrument produces a full major scale and can also be used to investigate various musical intervals.


PACS

43.75.+a Music and musical instruments

43.40.+s Structural acoustics and vibration

Dates

Issue 4 (July 2003)

Received 28 April 2003



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