Oscillations and Waves > Instruments > Air Columns DCS# 3D30.xx

OPEN AND CLOSED PIPES


APPARATUS
1.2 m brass tube with plug 202-06-D
speaker 202-07-E4
HP audio generator 202-08-G
amplifier 202-09-B

DESCRIPTION
Vary the frequency to find the resonances with and without the end plugged.  Open pipes resonate at all integer multiples of the fundamental frequency, whereas pipes closed at one end resonate only at odd multiples.