Pan pipes
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Pan pipes are wind instruments made from a row or bundle of tubes of different lengths. Each tube normally produces one principal pitch when the player blows across its open upper end.
The tubes are usually closed at the bottom, so they behave approximately as stopped air columns. Their fundamental frequencies depend mainly on effective length, with longer pipes producing lower notes.
Traditional pan pipes have appeared independently in many cultures and may be made from cane, bamboo, wood, clay, metal, or other materials. The pipes may be arranged in a straight line, curve, raft, or bundle.
Pitch can be altered by changing tube length, adding wax or stoppers, tilting the instrument, or varying the blowing technique. The instrument illustrates the relationship between resonant air-column length and musical frequency.
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