Oscillations
and Waves > Instruments > Air Columns
DCS# 3C50.70
ORGAN PIPE IN A
BLANKET
APPARATUS
organ pipe
202-05
blanket or
pipe insulation
101-18-D
rubber tubing
201A
compressed
air
201A
DESCRIPTION
Wrap a blanket around the organ
pipe. The blanket makes no difference in sound quality or
intensity -- showing that sound radiates from the tube openings not
the walls, thus the wall materials should have little influence on
tonal quality.
