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Modern set of pitch pipes for guitar tuning

A pitch pipe is a small device used to provide a pitch reference for musicians. Although it may be described as a musical instrument, it is not typically used to play music as such. Technically, it is a tuning harmonica; however, it lacks many characteristics of harmonicas.

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Pitch pipe

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A pitch pipe is a small device used to provide a pitch reference for musicians. Although it may be described as a musical instrument, it is not typically...

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Pipe organ

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through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has...

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Orangeburg pipe

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liquefied coal tar pitch. It was used from the 1860s through the 1970s, when it was replaced by PVC pipe for water supply and ABS pipe for drain-waste-vent...

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Organ pipe

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An organ pipe is a sound-producing element of the pipe organ that resonates at a specific pitch when pressurized air (commonly referred to as wind) is...

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Pitch Perfect

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the Bellas to stand up to Aubrey, sparking an all-out fight over the pitch pipe. Beca arrives, breaks up the fight, and apologizes to the Bellas for changing...

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Harmonica

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tremolo harmonica or the Polyphonias. The pitch pipe is a simple specialty harmonica that provides a reference pitch to singers and other instruments. The...

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National pipe thread

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062 pitch, which is sharper than the 0.125 pitch of Sellers. National Pipe Taper Fuel (NPTF, also called Dryseal American National Standard Taper Pipe Thread...

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British Standard Pipe

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British Standard Pipe (BSP) is a set of technical standards for screw threads that has been adopted internationally for interconnecting and sealing pipes...

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Flue pipe

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through which wind enters it. The length of the foot does not affect the pipe's pitch, so organ builders vary the foot lengths of their flue pipes depending...

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List of musical instruments

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pipes) aerophones 422.112 reed instruments organ Pitch pipe aerophones 412.131 free reed instruments pitch pipe Pocket cornet aerophones 423.232 brass instruments...

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Reed pipe

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the tongue that is permitted to vibrate, thereby changing the pitch produced by the pipe. The resonator joins with the upper opening of the shallot and...

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Pan flute

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that produced by an open pipe of equal length. In the traditional South American style, pipes are fine-tuned to correct pitch by placing small pebbles...

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Bass guitar tuning

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perpetually in tune. By ear to the sound of a tuning fork or pitch pipe, which lets you get one pitch on one string correct. Then, use relative tuning (below)...

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Concert pitch

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the way organs were tuned, the pitch of a single organ could even vary over time. Generally, the end of an organ pipe would be tapped with a cone tuning...

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Tuning fork

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liquids, change in frequency is used to detect level. Electronic tuner Pitch pipe Savart wheel Tonometer Feldmann, H. (1997). "History of the tuning fork...

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Pipe organ tuning

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each of which produces a single pitch and timbre. The goal of tuning a pipe organ is to adjust the pitch of each pipe so that they all sound in tune with...

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Uilleann pipes

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maintain the correct pitch of each note. It is for this reason that making uilleann-pipe chanter reeds is a demanding task. Uilleann pipe reeds are also often...

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Screw thread

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National Pipe Taper Railing fittings (NPTR) National Pipe Straight Coupling (NPSC) National Pipe Straight Mechanical (NPSM) National Pipe Straight Locknut...

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Organ flue pipe scaling

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the diameter of a given pipe at a given pitch, the fuller and more fundamental the sound becomes. The sound of an organ pipe is made up of a set of harmonics...

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Overtone

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singing and playing simultaneously. Likewise, when playing a harmonica or pitch pipe, one may alter the shape of their mouth to amplify specific overtones...

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List of pipe organ stops

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sortable list of names that may be found associated with electronic and pipe organ stops. Countless stops have been designed over the centuries, and individual...

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French drain

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with or without a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area. The perforated pipe is called a weeping tile (also...

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Churches of Christ

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: 213  Congregational a cappella music from hymnals (perhaps pitched from a pitch pipe), but directed by any capable song-leader motioning the time signature...

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Organ stop

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An organ stop is a component of a pipe organ that admits pressurized air (known as wind) to a set of organ pipes. Its name comes from the fact that stops...

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Bagpipes

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the effect of moisture buildup within the bag. The chanter is the melody pipe, played with two hands. All bagpipes have at least one chanter; some pipes...

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Fundamental frequency

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frequency of a periodic waveform. In music, the fundamental is the musical pitch of a note that is perceived as the lowest partial present. In terms of a...

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