Measuring Out the Copper Pipe Xylophone

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Now we're going to talk about how we go about making the approximate measurements for our copper pipe. Now, the copper pipe that we buy is gonna be different sizes, different thicknesses and different diameters. And we can use all those different things to make our xylophone. However, for this xylophone, and for every xylophone that we make, we're going to need to customize the design. So, to do that, we're going to have to take a note, and we make a note by cutting a piece of xylophone and then we're going to need to experiment with what note that that achieves. So, for this one we're going to try playing it. We're going to listen. And we can hear that tone. Now, it's our duty to match that tone to the one on the xylophone. And I know that this is approximately at the pitch of a C. It hasn't been perfectly tuned. But, approximately it's there. which is good for us to know. Because when we make our next measurement and we go one, either higher or lower than this. we're going to subtract or add about three-eighths of an inch. So that we can then take away part of that to reach the next correct note. So when we go down from a C we're going to be going to a longer pipe, which will be a B. So we're going to add three-quarters of an inch, I mean three-eighths of an inch to this pipe and we're going to make our cut just that much longer before we hone it down and make the next measurement.

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