Pan Flute

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Inspired by my childhood obsession with Peter Pan, here's a unique pan flute crafted especially for you. Print Settings Printer Brand: MakerBot Printer: MakerBot Replicator 2 Rafts: No Supports: No Infill: 20% How I Designed This Designing the flute was relatively easy. Establishing which set of notes to build requires just a few simple physics equations. From those equations, you can determine the length of each pan flute tube. I also made sure to slightly overlap the tubes so they print as one solid unit. Project: Pan Flute Objectives: This project is an excellent way to introduce the concept of waves and music. Physics and music are closely linked, making this pan flute an easy demonstration. Audience: Grades 9-12 Preparation: No preparation is required to use this pan flute in an educational setting. Suggested concepts to introduce include sound waves in tubes (open vs closed pipes, standing waves), how the length of a tube and frequency are related, and what happens if you were to scale up or down the size of the pan flute. A simple Google search will reveal the frequencies of modern concert pitches. The equation to explore is: Length = velocity/(4*frequency) Steps: Introduce the concept of sound waves to the students. Show them the Pan Flute and let them experiment with it. Optional: Make them design their own Results: The idea behind this project is to combine physics and music. Grading schemes can include how well a student calculates the length of the pan flute, what notes they were intending to create, and how clearly the flute plays.