PIRA 3D32.00 AIR COLUMN INSTRUMENTS

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
3D32.00Air Column Instruments
3D32.10organ pipesPIRA 1000
3D32.10tin flute19-3.3Open and close holes on a tin flute to find pressure nodes and antinodes.
3D32.10organ pipes with holesS-126Show open and closed pipes of various lengths and one with holes bored in the side to give the diatonic scale.
3D32.10resonance tubes (three lengths)Disc 11-02Blow air out of a flat nozzle across a set of three different length tubes.
3D32.13shriekerS-65Insert a 1/2" dia. tube 12" long into a bottle of water and blow across.
3D32.15slide whistle3D32.15Use a high quality sliding whistle made for band.
3D32.15variable pitch whistleSe-10A whistle with a sliding piston.
3D32.15slide whistleDisc 11-06The variable length organ pipe.
3D32.16bird callS-59Directions for making a bird call. Diagram.
3D32.20organ pipes with holesPIRA 1000
3D32.25open and closed end pipesPIRA 1000
3D32.25organ pipes3D30.25A collection of open, closed, and variable length organ pipes.
3D32.25organ pipeSe-9A set of square wood organ pipes with a removable plug.
3D32.25pipes and whistlesS-57A simple discussion listing organ pipes and whistles.
3D32.25open and closed tubesS-4d.3Some very nice adjustable open and closed resonance tubes.
3D32.25organ pipeS-7c.1An organ pipe is connected to the house air.
3D32.25open and closed end pipesDisc 11-05Three organ pipes, open and closed.
3D32.27"C" bazookaSe-11A 1.314 m brass tube sounds the note "C" when blown with the lips.
3D32.30slide whistlePIRA 1000
3D32.35demonstration trumpetAJP 53(5),504Interchangeable mouthpiece, leadpipe, cylindrical section, and bell allow one to show the function of the various parts of the brass instruments.
3D32.36hose in the bellAJP 53(12),1130With a garden hose in the bell of a trombone (flush with the end), the tones are: 3:5:7:9:11 and without the hose: 2:3:4:5:6.
3D32.40demonstration trumpetPIRA 1000
3D32.40PVC instruments, etc.TPT 28(7),459Very good instructions on making various instruments out of PVC. Also using a computer with a synthesizer to study scales.
3D32.45PVC instrumentsPIRA 1000

ReferenceDescription
M-1Sutton
Ma-1Freier & Anderson
M-1dHilton
8-2.8Meiners
1A12.01University of Minnesota Handbook
AJP 52(1),85American Journal of Physics
TPT 15(5),300The Physics Teacher
Disc 01-01The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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