Inca Panpipes



Category Activities
Badge Entertaining
Advancement Entertaining
Time to allocate (mins) 35
Outcome To make a simple musical instrument and learn to play a song on it.
Resources

65 cm PVC sprinkler pipe per Cub

Duct tape

5 x 5 cent coins or similar

Markers

Instead of tubing, bamboo works well since the nodes give a natural closing on one end of the tube. 

Instructions

Begin by getting approximately 65 cm of 1.3cm/schedule-40 PVC sprinkler pipe.

  Inches Centimeters  
C 6 1/16 15.4 1
D 5 3/8 13.6 2
E 4 3/4 12.0 3
G 3 15/16 9.8 5
A 3 7/16 8.7 6






1) Cut the tubing into the five sections above


2) Place a 5 cent coin over one end of each pipe and cover each with a square piece of duct tape.

3) Wrap duct tape around the set as shown below. Blow across the top of each pipe it's just like blowing on a soda bottle.









You can also take thinner bamboo sticks and lash the pan pipes together


Entry written by Sharon Venn of 1st Randburg

Documents

Dip Dip and Swing for the Pan Pipes DIP_DIP_AND_SWING.docx