How to Make Pan Pipes

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Buy your supplies.. Cut the pipes.. Make a clay plug.

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Steps

1

Buy your supplies.

Step 1

Buy your supplies.

2

Cut the pipes.

Step 2

Cut the pipes.

3

Make a clay plug.

Step 3

Make a clay plug.

4

Plug the bottom of the pipe.

Step 4

Plug the bottom of the pipe.

5

Pick out or buy bamboo stalks.

Step 5

Pick out or buy bamboo stalks.

6

Cut the bamboo in front of its first node.

Step 6

Cut the bamboo in front of its first node.

7

Sand the node area.

Step 7

Sand the node area.

8

Measure out your pipes.

Step 8

Measure out your pipes.

9

Clean out nodes between sections.

Step 9

Clean out nodes between sections.

10

Cut the bamboo according to the measurements.

Step 10

Cut the bamboo according to the measurements.

11

Test the sound.

Step 11

Test the sound.

12

Adjust the number of pipes as you wish.

Step 12

Adjust the number of pipes as you wish.

13

Lay the pipes out.

Step 13

Lay the pipes out.

14

Reinforce the pipes.

Step 14

Reinforce the pipes.

15

Sand the pipes.

Step 15

Sand the pipes.

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