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Re: [Phys-l] musical instruments

Many a-time have I used a 10 ft length of electrical conduit to show how bugle calls can be massacred.
Never tried a mouthpiece, never tried a flared bell.
Either of these additions might make it a way more pleasant listening experience.

So many new things to try.

Hard-drawn 3/4 " copper water line works too.

At 12:39 PM -0500 4/7/10, Bill Nettles wrote:

A fun exercise is to get a brass mouthpiece and some straight tubing on the order of a meter and try to play it. Then fashion a bell (or use a medium sized funnel) on the end and play again. Check the ease of playing and the overtone structure of each setup and compare. It's amazing what the flared bell does.