3D30.22 Short and Long Organ Pipes

PURPOSE: To show that a short organ pipe has a higher frequency than a long organ pipe.

DESCRIPTION: Two organ pipes with different lengths are shown in the above photo.  One is short and the other is long.  When they're activated by blowing carefully into the mouthpiece the short pipe will have a higher frequency than the long pipe. 

References:

Neville H. Fletcher and Suszanne Thwaites, The Physics of Organ Pipes, Scientific American, 94-103,
(Jan. 1983).

Derwent M. A. Mercer, The Physics of the Organ Flue Pipe, AJP 21, 376-386, (1953).  

W.H. Barnes, The Contemporary American Organ Pipe. (1948).

EQUIPMENT:  Organ pipes, as photographed.

SETUP NOTES: None.