D-I-Y tubular bells - source of cheap pipe?

[MrCheerful]

30 metres of 28 mm is now 134 plus vat from BES plumbing inc delivery. very fast service and cheap on all plumbing type stuff.

[GB]

The timbre would depend on things like the seams. So, possibly the BES stuff will sound different. Is wall thickness and metal composition completely standardised? Is copper pipe really 100% copper?

I suppose that under (son of) DSR you can return it if it doesn't sound right. :)

[The Natural Philosopher]

Nope. There are traces of other stuff in it, but it is overwhelmingly copper.

[harry]

If you are in/near W Midlands, I have some surplus 28mm copper pipe. Not sure how much, but a few meters

[Sk4rocks]

replying to Old Basing Old Bloke, Sk4rocks wrote: I?m making these for a school project. How did you calculate the notes and make the structure for the tubular bells?

[Tim Watts]

The pitch in hertz is inversely proportional to the square of the length which will give you some idea of teh range of lenghts you might need.

Here's a frequency table of notes to give you a general idea - but I have no idea which scale tubular bells are tuned to.

[Old Bloke]

I made my set of tubular bells from 28mm cu pipe. Yes it was a bit pricey, but there is an old adage that says "The quality remains long after the price is forgotten". Mine has been there for over 6 years and is still going strong.

[Jonathan]

I made mine from 15cm copper pipe, has been going for over 20 years with the occasional string replacement.

Jonathan

[Chris Green]

Wow, they must be low notes! ... or did you mean 15mm? :-)

[Chris Hogg]

I would think that the quality of the sound is quite dependent on the metal used and its thickness, and that e.g. steel or ali pipes would sound different to copper.