im making a xylophone with copper piping and i need to know if there is resonance when i hit the copper piping with a mallet
There is resonance in every bit of matter in the universe.
when u shut the valve very quick, it creates a water hammer for a pipe and the water hammer travels back and forth until it dies down.
yess it will im not shure how much but i would sugest trying some thing diffrent like pluming pipe befor trying copper
Copper pipe comes in several different hardness levels ...the rigidity to bending creates the harmonic sound . Type K and type L are both pretty soft but like other materials can be heat hardened and their tunable lengths will change. With very soft copper the pipe has a killing or dampening effect to the sound so the harder you can get it the better. Most people find that extruded Aluminum or extruded steel perform much better. I personally like the deeper tones of steel...Good luck on the project from the E...
Copper does resonate (like all other metals) and is regularly used to make the xylophone bars. A metal xylophone is called a marimba. I've used both copper and aluminum to build custom xylophones of different sizes. Hardwood is another material you can experiment with to create a simple box resonated xylophone.
