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Old 09-14-2019, 02:22 PM   #13
maxdis
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Originally Posted by synkrotron View Post
Hi, Massimo, I really enjoyed watching/listening to this

Nice work with the home made instrument. How did you get on with tuning them? Was it relatively easy?

I fancy making a set of wind chimes using copper tubes... I will get around to that one day.......


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andy

Thank you very much for watching and for the kind words!
Tuning the tubes was relatively easy, but you have to be patient and cut off small length of tube each time, always checking with a tuner.
I found great advise on this site http://leehite.org/Chimes.htm along with a great calculator http://leehite.org/Chimes.htm#DIY_Calculators for getting the exact length for each note...but be careful to not to cut at the precise length right away, always keep some millimeters as safety margin, otherwise you'll risk to get a sharp note, and you can't fix that (other than keep cutting and using that tube for the next note...)
I've built another version of instrument in the video using alluminium pipes, and also built alluminium wind chimes: both of them sounds great, I'm planning to use those in some other videos in the next weeks/months.
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