My dad was also a plumber, and I learned that if you cut a PVC pipe to length with a hacksaw, then you really need to file it smooth if you're going to play it like this.... (ouch)
J'ai pensé la même chose. Je me régale de tes vidéos, Nicolas. J'aime les vidéos de construction artisanale, ludiques tout en étant instructives, les expérimentations, la découverte d'objets techniques, les informations scientifiques... et l'humour. Et bien ici, tout est réuni ! Merci ! En plus tu es un super musicien et compositeur ! Je te souhaite d'être encore plus connu.
The first flute that I ever made was a "native american style flute" out of PVC. I absolutely love the diatonic scale because no matter what your fingers do it has an incredible sound. What you have done is amazing. I would like to learn more about how you created the membrane for the "saxafone" class of instruments.
I have listened to the two flutes about a dozen times and I hear a little more vibration from the bamboo flute than the PVC, but yes they are close and most people probably couldn't hear the difference. Sadly so many people miss the depth of sound because they aren't wearing decent headphones. Until I started producing my own music I had no idea what a difference good headphones make. I love your double and triple flutes...you're proving that knowledge is power. I'm a big fan of PVC, years ago I made many PVC archery bows for my son and all of his friends...some of them were based on ancient bows. PVC is an amazing material, you just have to be careful not to overheat it. Thank you Nicolas.
Read a book called Nada Brahma by Joachim-Ernst Berendt if you really want your mind blown about how physics and music (and the universe) are connected 😊
Wow that is amazing stuff. Thank you for the video. These amazing ideas could include many more people playing musical instruments than the traditional expensive ones can. It's great stuff!
You're right. If someone could manufacture pvc clarinets for a good price, I'd buy one for sure.Just for the fun of it, just to try my skills on wind instruments.
I can not play a reed (sax) or liptip (trumpet) because of jaw shape - I play whistle (recorder) or vibe (kazoo) - yet no one takes these seriously. I study to design an instrument that will use whistles to alter tones produced by a vibe. I may include a slide or drone in the design. I have learned form your video - I am inspired. Thank you.
Very informative and very entertaining. With an imagination like his and a bit of inguinuity you can see potential wind instruments all round us. There's a group called the Blue Men that use plastic pipes as drums. They are very entertaining also. I Nicolas should team up with them and create the world's first plastic Fife and drum band, I bet they would sound magnificent.
Excellent video. I was interested about making "shinobue" and "shakuhachi". If PVC sounds like bamboo because the inner surface, I wonder if it's interesting to use PVC filament instead of ABS if we choose 3d printer.
Dans les écoles, plutôt que de faire acheter des flûtes à bec aux élèves, ce pourrait être un super projet interdisciplinaire de leur faire fabriquer leurs propres instruments (technologie, sciences, mathématiques, histoire, géographie...). Merci de nous ouvrir les yeux.
I don't know of any drone reeds but I'm assuming some might exist. If someone knows of any, please let me know! The vibrating membrane is similar to a reed (heteroglottal reed as the vibrating membrane is on a separate part than the resonating tube). Think clarinet or saxophone for single reeds (like this one) or oboe and bassoon for double reeds (if we had two of these membranes vibrating against each other). The drone adds quite some magic to it, sounding maybe similar to bagpipes, as bagpipes use drones quite a bit. I don't think this was attempting to imitate an instrument but rather to demonstrate the mechanism of action of reeds (and how it sounds) and how with the whole plug-and-play aspects of the PVC pipes you can easily hook up a drone to it. I also absolutely adored the sound of it but I'm a sucker for drones so I'm biased :) Wind nerds, correct me if I was wrong in something!
@@jasminejo2424 Yeah, they do sound different. I suppose it must be because of the difference in the sound pressure and in the reeds themselves. Not sure! I would really like to learn, maybe I should start making some PVC instruments! I mostly mentioned them because of the constant drone and their association with it, given that this last instrument had a drone pipe :)
Effectivement une flute faite de plastique ne nous est pas étrangère puisqu'on est nombreux a avoir joué de la fameuse flute yamaha transparente :) Ma sonorité préféré à 12:14 . Ce qui m'amène à la question : Cette flute a t elle un nom ??
La double flûte de Pierre Hamon est effectivement superbe (je l'ai essayée!), celle de la vidéo est une version polyvalente pour la démo, les flûtes que je fabrique avec des embouchures et accordages spécifiques sonnent bien mieux, mais pour la conférence j'ai joué le jeu de l'assemblage!
Merci. j'aimerais me mettre au didgeridoo mais les vrais didge en Eucalyptus ça coûte cher ! pour commencer c'est peut-être mieux (et moins cher) de démarrer avec du PVC ou du bambou ? qu'en pensez-vous ? Et au niveau du son y a t-il une différence entre eucalyptus, PVC, bambou ? Merci !
This is totally incredible! I want to build some of these now (just be aware though that the dinosaurs are returning and they're going to want their oil back... :-) [smile!] )
9:04 Bah oui, j'me disais bien que je devais pas être le premier à mettre mon embouchure de trompette dans mon saxophone ou dans une flûte 😆 J'aimerais bien trouver le moyen d'en faire un truc qui sonne bien
PVC is waste water pipe, and shouldn't be used in something you're going to put your lips on often. CPVC should be used. That's the potable water pipe. Note that he is actually using CPVC. Gray vs white for PVC
its not a giant kazoo; kazoos make sound by vocalizing into a membrane, the one he has uses a membrane in place of a reed. if you search for diy pvc saxophone on youtube, youll find an instructional video for basically the same thing he made 😊
Don't forget that PVC contains estrogen which can create hormonal imbalance, particularly with men. It's a toxic plastic. If you put another material on the blowing edge and the finger holes, you'll be fine though.
