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  2. Organ flue pipe scaling - Wikipedia

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    The sound of an organ pipe is made up of a set of harmonics formed by acoustic resonance, with wavelengths that are fractions of the length of the pipe.There are nodes of stationary air, and antinodes of moving air, two of which will be the two ends of an open-ended organ-pipe (the mouth, and the open end at the top). [1]

  3. Leadpipe - Wikipedia

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    Scheme of a French horn (view from underneath). #2: Leadpipe.. In a brass instrument, a leadpipe or mouthpipe is the pipe or tube into which the mouthpiece is placed.. For example, on the illustration of a trombone, the leadpipe would be between #3 and #4, the mouthpiece and the slide lock ring.

  4. Pipe (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    See also: Three-hole pipe. A pipe is a tubular wind instrument in general, or various specific wind instruments. [1] The word is an onomatopoeia, and comes from the tone which can resemble that of a bird chirping [citation needed]. With just three holes, a pipe's range is obtained by overblowing to sound at least the second or the third ...

  5. Organ pipe - Wikipedia

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    The pipe speaks through a resonator, much like a reed pipe, but a spring-loaded pallet instigates the vibration instead of a reed. Possessing a powerful bass groundtone, the pipe is generally made of wood and can be voiced at various wind pressures. The diaphone is usually found at 16' and 32' pitches, however there are a few examples of 8 ...

  6. Fipple - Wikipedia

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    Cross-section of the mouthpiece of a recorder, indicating a block (A), duct (B), and edge (C) The accompanying illustration of the mouthpiece of a recorder shows a wooden block (A) with a channel carved into the body of the instrument (B), together forming a duct that directs a ribbon of air across an opening toward a sharp edge (C).

  7. Reed (mouthpiece) - Wikipedia

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    The back of the reed is flat and is placed against the mouthpiece. These reeds are roughly rectangular in shape and taper towards the thin tip, which is rounded to match the curve of the mouthpiece tip. All single reeds are shaped similarly but vary in size to fit each instrument's mouthpiece.

  8. Crook (music) - Wikipedia

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    "Cor solo" (natural horn) – Raoux, Paris, 1797 – Paris, Musée de la Musique (with a double-loop crook located within the body of the horn).. A crook, also sometimes called a shank, is an exchangeable segment of tubing in a natural horn (or other brass instrument, such as a natural trumpet) which is used to change the length of the pipe, altering the fundamental pitch and harmonic series ...

  9. Pipe organ tuning - Wikipedia

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    A capped pipe is usually tuned by moving its cap up or down. A conical metal pipe will sometimes have a tuning slide, but often is tuned by moving the large ears on either side of the pipe's mouth. Small metal pipes are often "cone tuned", whereby the top of each pipe is deformed inward or outward using a heavy hollow cone.