When Constructing your Flute, you will need to decide where to put finger holes. A Flute when blown can be considered a vibrating resonant column of air with two open ends. The challenge is to make the Flute playable, and in pitch. You can improve its appearance by sanding away the lettering and decorating it. It is possible to make a beautiful instrument with PVC. ģ PVC looks nasty but I have found that the tone of the Flute has a lovely soft bamboo like sound. INTRODUCTION Here we will build our own PVC pipe Flute. When you are drilling make sure that everybody watching the drill is also wearing protective eyewear. Warnings: If you share your Flute or borrow somebody else s sanitize it first! Use the disinfecting mouthwash or wash the Flute in a bathroom sink before you blow into it! Use protective eyewear when you are near operating drills. Materials: Every student should make their own Flute. PVC cutters (we have one) Note: two figures in this chapter are from Bart Hopkin s book Musical Instrument design. Sandpaper Mirrors, antiseptic mouthwash Copy of Hopkin s book out to read. Note 200 PSI PVC requires #10 corks or Diam II Wine Corks diameter which I picked up at a home brewing place) Rulers, in cm Tools: power hand-drills, drill bits, hacksaws, round and flat files, hammers, center punches, matt knifes Dremel tools Mini vices Protective eyewear Tuners for measuring frequency Plumber s goop for sealing the ends.Ģ Or wood filler. Corks or dowels that fits into the end of the PVC pipe (#9 corks for ID pipe 480 PSI, dowel for ID pipe). The thickness of the PVC depends on the PSI rating. 1 Physics of Music PHY103 Lab Manual 2011 Constructing a PVC Flute EQUIPMENT PVC pipe The instructions are for diameter PVC 480 PSI or 200 PSI.
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