Tyndall, John, 1820-1893 · New York : Appleton · leaf 220
to vibration. In organ-pipes this is done by blow-ing a thin sheet of air against a sharp edge. You willhave no difficulty in understanding the construction of anopen organ-pipe, from this model, Fig. 98, one side ofwhich has been removed so that you may see its innerparts. Through the tube t the… … 212 SOUND. / sharp edge, a b, and there produces a fluttering noise, and theproper pulse of this flutter isconverted by the resonance ofthe pipe above into a musicalsound. The open space be-tween the edge, a b, and the slitbelow it is called the embou-chure. Fig. 99 represents astopped pipe of the…
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