I like to listen to music, and I like to play music more. The basic principle of creating music with pipes is to beat at one end to create a wave of pressure. The length of the tube determines the wavelength, and different wavelengths create different notes. I had many questions that could be answered. How many notes do I need to play different songs?

Notes may be too high or too low for good sound on the pipes? But I never need all these keys to play anything. For Mary was the Little Lamb, I only need three notes or pipes. The most remarkable thing about this project is that everyone can make different decisions and come up with a personalized tool to meet their needs.

The first thing to find out is how long each pipe should be. You can find charts with slightly different numbers, but this will be a good starting point. Note that the diameter of the pipe does not change the note, but only the tone. The real world does not seem to work so well. Thus, even with a straight pipe it is necessary to make adjustments.

Of course, with the help of such an instrument, as we do, the pipes are not straight. Do not hesitate to use this background to develop a plan for your own tool, and then proceed to design and build the steps below. This can get confused when you start drawing several pipes one above the other, but this can help to use different colors for each channel. Two straight angular elbows create a turn for switching directions. The final result of planning all the pipes led to the list of details above. With a tool with 11 notes and pipes that are close to each other, the minimum width of the entire instrument should be about 40 inches. Adding videos to the bottom will allow you to flip it. Start by creating a frame so that when you get to building the pipes, they can be cut to fit the space, and they will be maintained. Set the vertical 2 × 4 into the rear corners of the plywood and connect with the two screws each from the bottom of the plywood. Now place the top panel on the top of the vertical 2 × 4 with the rear edge aligned. Note that the leading edge is slightly overhanging to accommodate the support from the corner boards. To fit the 2 × 4 corners, hold the 32-inch boards next to the frame at the desired angle and mark with a pencil at the top of the plywood and along the front edge of the 2 × 4 vertical and the bottom of the top panel. Cutting along the pencil marks will result in one corner cut at the bottom and a point of 90 degrees at the top end. The diagram above. Attach the corners with two screws through the bottom of the plywood and one screw through the top panel for each corner plate. To make holes for the pipes on the top board, you will need a large drill with holes. There are different types of fixed and adjustable wells. Your holes should be large enough to allow the pipes to slide. On the other hand, the pipes were well held in place. Folding holes after assembly, you do not need to worry about drilling in your desktop or creating a special attachment to hold it. Now you can turn the frame around and attach the rollers. Be sure to lock the wheels before the game, especially if you are on a solid surface. Avoiding glue makes the job easier, much less messy and for some reason sounds better than when gluing pipes. Since you have already planned this length on your graphic paper, you do not need to worry about the actual length until you reach the final section. Start by placing the elbow 90 ° on the plywood, just below the left hole, with one side up. You can measure from the inside of the elbow, where the end of the pipe will seep, up through the hole to the top side of the top panel. Now add to this the distance the pipe will extend to the clutch. This is the length of the first section of the pipe. Use any tool that you like best, and observe all precautions. After each cut, be sure to clean the plastic shavings from the pipe and remove the plastic "fluff", which can remain on the edge of the cut. As soon as the pipe is cut in length, turn the coupling one way, lower it through the hole and turn it in the elbow. Make sure that the clutch sits on the top board. If not, shorten the tube enough to make it happen. This is important, because you want the top board to take all the power from the game, not lower. Now you are ready for the next section of the pipe. Keep the measurement and cutting according to your plan, which may be different from mine. If you follow my plan, the next section of the pipe should be 6 long and point to the front edge of the instrument from the elbow. Now put the elbow at the end of the second section, pointing to the left. If you set one more elbow to the left of the tool, leaving the space inside 2 × 4, you can determine how long the next section will be. The shaft is about 30 inches. Next - turn, which you do, cutting a 3-inch pipe and pressing on it two elbows. Hold the U-turn on a flat plywood, then add another 30-inch tube to the right, and then another turn. Always cut the last section too long by a few inches and place the fitting on the end, as if you had finished. Press the top of the clutch at the top of the tool to see which note you created. Make sure that the trigger bounces off the clutch when creating a note, rather than allowing it to stay away, as this will affect the note. I have an electronic tuner that my sister used for her violin, which is very easy to determine if the note is high or low, and how far away. If you do not have an electronic tuner, you can also use a piano or any other instrument tuned to a reliable standard. But there are some skills needed to determine how well the pitches match only your ear that few people have. With the pipe too long, your initial note will be too low or flat. Now remove the fitting at the end and the last length of the pipe from the turn and cut some length. Assemble the tube and fitting 45 ° to check again. It will be very tiring the first couple of times. But do not worry; you better understand how much to cut than you do. If you find that your note is too high or too sharp, you cut it too much. Just install the last branch section for future use and start again. The next four pipes are almost identical to the first, except that the first part of the pipe will be down, it will be slightly shorter, so that the rear and fourth pipes will lie on top of the previous pipeline. The process of setting is the same. Then use the U-turn to go forward and backward before going straight ahead. Use the images for reference. Note that when setting higher notes, you can add less extra length before setting, but small length adjustments will have a greater difference in pitch. If you want to paint the pipes and the frame with different colors, first you need to do a disassembly. The easiest way to do this is to remove the first vertical pipe for each note with a 90 ° elbow at the bottom. This will allow you to remove the connecting tube and tube down through the hole together and take out the remaining sections from the tool in one piece. You can collect them outside the frame for drawing or leave them separately. In a very large area, for example, in a garage or driveway, lay out a lot of newspapers and carefully distribute the sections of the pipes so that they retain their shape. Use two layers to make sure they overlap your pipes. As soon as you dry, turn all the pipes to draw the other side. The frame can also be spray painted, or you can use a brush. In any case, always glue the discs or remove them during painting. In addition, if you want to leave the unpainted interior of the pipes, you can insert a short piece of pipe at both ends of each pipe, and then remove them after the paint is dry. After the paint has completely dried, you can carefully assemble the pipes, again starting with low notes. Be careful not to scrape off the paint from the dropped pipes when reinstalling them through the holes. Now the main part of your tool is done. You can continue to use whatever you used during the setup to play on your instrument, and you can be perfectly happy with that. However, for the best results you will want to create some custom paddles. The instrument will sound better, and you can look cool while playing too. The evolution of my oar was moving from the packaging foam wrapped in duct tape, flip flops, slippers covered with socks, to foam rubber on sticks. My current design is a polystyrene foam pad with a polycarbonate backing glued to the wooden handles and wrapped and decorated with a multi-colored adhesive tape. But understand that my design and yours can continue to develop after writing this article. Softer materials help to fully contact the top of the coupling, creating a better pressure wave. And the porous surface, like a sock or foam rubber, seems to soften the beginning of the note and avoids creating a "weak" sound. This will provide support foamed rubber, while it will remain strong and flexible. So get four feet of half-inch wooden dowels. If you are already a manufacturer, you should have a lot of glue and adhesive tape. The blades must have a width of about three centimeters to fully cover the pipe couplings without hanging over the following note. Length is less important, but a longer playground will be more forgiving when you play fast and not aiming perfectly. The end is a full round shape, and the back corners are rounded slightly. Cut two pieces of foam rubber and two pieces of plastic of this shape. Now use a thin, but complete application of the glue to attach the plastic to one side of each rubber mold. If after gluing the edges do not align perfectly, simply run the belt grinder around the edge to clean it. Now for the pens. It was more convenient for me to use two dowels next to each other and slightly warp. Smoothen and narrow the last three inches or near each dowel to have a good surface for gluing to the plastic. Place the flattened ends on the plastic and a little apart with each other so that the other ends can be connected to each other, one on top of the other. Place the pins in place and repeat for the second comb with a swirl in the opposite direction. After the glue has completely dried, wrap the handles and close the back and sides of the blades with adhesive tape. Be creative and use different colors according to your personality. It seems, in fact, there should not be any explanations necessary for the reproduction of such a simple instrument. Basically, you just get to the tops of the pipes with the paddle, and the notes go to the other end. The next tip is to place your hands on the sides, while the elbows are bent approximately 90 degrees. Use your forearms and wrists to bounce off the oars from the top of the pipes, making sure to keep the paddles at the correct height and that they are as flat as possible when they contact. A full, flat contact is important for creating a good wave of strong pressure. And the rapid removal of the oar from the pipe by bouncing allows you to fully open both ends of the pipe, creating the correct resonance. To see what can happen when the pipe is not fully open at both ends, try this. Ask a friend to hold tightly to the end of one of your pipes, completely closing it. Now hit the tube with a paddle, of course, using your best technique. Please note that the final note is exactly one octave lower than usual. Thus, a partially coated pipe from an unruffled oar will create a tangled note with mixed frequencies. Now, what do you want to play? If you have a beginner in piano music, you can play directly from the note, believing that there are no sharp objects or apartments. Once you master simple things, you can try something more interesting, for example, songs that you hear on the radio. Trail and error, when you continue to try different notes, while the song does not sound right, it can sometimes work, but it can be frustrating, especially when you realize that you need a note between two consecutive notes on your instrument-these silly black keys again. But since any other note will sound wrong, if you do not configure with the help of sharp objects and apartments. If you have music for the song that you want to play and it does not have any sharp objects or apartments in the key signature at the beginning, then your instrument should work if you have notes that are going high enough and low enough. If there are sharp objects or apartments in the key signature, you first need to transfer the records. Obviously, this will be much broader.

• The sketch is my drawing, which looks directly to the front of the instrument.
• You can see the tops of pipes indicating the marks and lengths, and the pipes - down.
• The arrows indicate how many times the pipe goes in each direction, as indicated.
• Attach with two screws on each side.
• Now you are ready to start building pipes!
• Start with the lowest note on the right side of the instrument.
• This will be the longest note and will lie mostly on plywood.
• You do not have an oar yet, so use whatever is convenient, like a trigger.
• Now you can compare your note with the standard.
• I like to attract my things, which means drawing it all.
• Start with high notes.
• You do not even need to customize it, like most tools, ever.
• The first advice is to use good oars, which we have already considered.

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