This was one of those spontaneous projects that simply went straight into action. Lee-Kuo used his 3D skills and completely designed the instrument in Cinema 4D using a grid system for the tuned length. After he had completed the model we decided to build it. It’s a slow process but we are making great progress. You can watch a stop animation of this instrument on my YouTube channel, Lee-Kuo created the animation and music for the video. I will update this post when we complete the instrument. Watch the animation here Instructions here
Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an very long comment but after I clicked
submit my comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m
not writing all that over again. Anyway, just wanted to say superb blog!
Wow the 3d rendering is really impressive! I would love to use those too images of it above in a project I am working on. Would that be acceptable?
Yes you may use the images, we hope to complete a full instruction booklet on how to build the complete instrument
do you have video sample?
I can see some interesting things happening when you play it.
As the tubes are all the same diameter you have tuned them by length, which would be alright if they all pointed in a straight line towards the listener but they don’t. Viz Pan pipes and Church organs
The notes will all appear at your acoustic output point at different times so you will get all sorts of phase and comb effects depending on which combination of notes you play.
Might be a great sound.
Might not.
Best of luck.
If you buy a load of “Musical” greeting cards you would be able to use the speakers as contact mics and thus record it quite well as long as each mic was the same distance from the top of the tube.
Can you post the measurements?
I am working on a complete instruction manual with all measurements for the pipes and frame. It will take me a while so please be patient. I will upload it for free download as a PDF when completed.
Dear 3d4me, thank you very much for your awesome post. I would like to know if the PDF is ready and if it is, would you be so kind to share it? Thank you for your answer in advance. Have a nice day!
how much you sell that
Hello! I know it’s been a while since the last comment, but I have a question: You show these 60-mm-wide connectors on the top of each PVC pipe, but what is the actual width of the piping itself?
Hello! I just finished making your design into a working instrument, and I got to play it at a school concert. Here are all the photos!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16NLlYJNnn2_EVNbOmGpSvo8hbNKXI99H/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Af3JhQSoyMyLVh0ppcOXZnBVNXFJknik/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ikz5p871R4nqPmqyATFKJ_sbuRVTFAuM/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j0OaeX3WICqC_ybxoLA10JbMwAgNiMYZ/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lRYAW8IYLOIJ5UfqbxqLTyRTSlvoKV0E/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qVgwZAGRfzYPmA4KpkmWCNvTko05hBon/view?usp=sharing
Absolutely Fantastic Keston. It looks amazing and I’m sure you enjoyed building and playing this wonderful instrument. Well Done! thank you for the photos.
I don’t see the instructions, do you still have them? I’d love to make one or (Try to) make one for my special needs son. 🙂 Thank you!
Yes, the instructions are a link at the top of this post, have fun building this instrument