Prototype PVC Instrument - HitPipes(tm)

[carthagepropaganda]

sounds like slapped bass

[Vincintosh]

that's nice!

[BigNickontheDrum]

i've always wanted to make one of these, but more than that i always wished someone would make one out of better material - a nice wooden one might sound beautiful

[GOSTEON3]

bob marley and super mario... wierd day

[magiciscool676]

Try using soft mallets...

[amygamie]

Cool! :D

[dada35000]

is dat mario

[allcontakt]

do you know the brazilian group uakti? they are the inventors of those pcv percussion instruments!!!

[WalrusMongler]

Please tell me you have tuberculosis, because that was amazing!

[TheArabDude]

The player isn't that great but the instrument is well worth knowing about

[Shuringi]

Nice idea, but I'd rather make a spudgun out of those pipes :P

[AndrewSpriter]

I think you could use some tuning.

[ligerlicker]

your doing that mario thing at the begining

[bennybytes]

Mario 1(1) second stage?

[heavenmuth]

nice bob marley poster in the back

[Heiligpfeil]

it sound like mario bros

[TitanSkillz]

aushdaushd good

[respectyourman]

very cool

[omzi79]

dude maybe you should try soft mallets like for playing the marimba...might get a better sound. Great vid!

[dexterbleeds]

is that the tune from mario?

[Fentanyl3]

I'm no musician by any standard, and couldn't come close to even this, but may I suggest rubber mallets or whatever the sticks are called

?

[Freakgrl04]

hahaha s song from the first Mario!

[muladar10]

cool

[DMagurkus]

I can name that tune- It's one of the themes from the old Nintendo Super Mario Brothers.

[togaman13]

definatly needs practice, its awsome tho, ne estimate on price?

[RufaHabib]

is that... the mario bros song? under ground mario?

[RenoGregory]

lol... 3/5

[Kpx42]

Awesome... definitely sounds Blue Man Group inspired!

[EMRStudent]

hey man! cool buiild! maybe try using a mellet though. might get more sound.

[idtcib]

how do you tune those

[MockStoneLLC]

was that the mario underground theme?

[BattousaiKenshine]

lol... sounds like the music from SONIC for SEGA... I think on the 2 or 3 world

[TOMASASX]

lol sound like mario ;D

[sevegarza]

try using mallets insted of drumsticks.

[marinapoolrocks]

just weird

[dudeirock2]

MMMMMARIOOOOOOO TIME

[salsasalad123]

cool instrument, but you could use some practice :)

great vid anyhow, made that yourself?

[w5pda]

He needs practice? How do you practice for a sound check? It seems to me that a sound check is part of a "tune-up"

[Cutsik]

MARIO! :D

[GrubeMasterFlex]

hey i made one of these a few years back how did you go about making the strike zone? mines the old fashion way

[gilbohadana]

nice sound could you tell me what is the blue

thing on the top? what kine of material?

thanks for sharing

[jazzyM12345678]

how did u make dat?...

[Nicknameillu]

great

Super Mario deluxe!!!!!

[Sylance6]

I bet there's a bridge or a real tall building some where close by.

[bigdaddy9485]

lol

[Erik17071990]

Yeah without any pluming

[jake67675]

Thats now collapsed? xD

[Asdam12]

Huh?

[MrEhmKay]

Das Instrument ist lol aber die Musik geht.

[tiBbLeX]

he sucks at the pvc pipes!

[putneyboer]

mate, you're crap. you need someone to demo that thing for you properly.

[vendettaseve]

Fail

[MeinenMusik]

isnt this some kind of infringement on blue man groups thing?

[Hazzarddu]

That beggining sounded like something from MARIO PARTY 64!

I'm positive!

[kurt9898]

these things would be good

if they knew how to play them

[kurt9898]

these things would be good

if they knew how to play them

[lsvtech11]

it sucks

[sandra213]

very clever.

[carbonout]

the blue men called they want there pvc back

[psychocloud]

lol

[pablow2310]

guitar hero ppl should make pvc hero lol >.>

[zhaneranger]

mario!

[xGu1ltyx]

Mario FTW!

[yu2ube09]

helo

[yu2ube09]

build one and blow air through it. Make giant whistles or maybe a church pipe sound.

[myspacecashkid]

that was great! *5

[Kobaltski]

How did you make this thing.... where did you the idea from?

[redirete]

MarioBros Underground :)

[FlapNo1]

yeaah

[pyle1024]

did you use an equation to figure out what lengths to cut the pipe to? i'm working on a similar project and i can't seem to find an equation online... I would really appreciate it.

[photon411]

open: nv/4L

closed: nv/2L

where n is the acoustical mode (say 1) v is the speed of sound, and L is the length of the wave. Find the frequencies of your notes, and L=f/v. Don't forget to preserve your units, or you'll drive yourself insane.

[corey7595]

go to bmgconstruction101dotcom

[isabellanakahara]

Very cool, funky instrument. I like it!

[nazaire7]

Why don't you just let Blue Man Group have their glory!? :P

[WatershedDevices]

Inspired by Blue Man Group, sure.

[jorgedacostagolay]

MARIOOOOOOOOOO!!

HAUAHUAHUA NICE

[spider371]

mario ?

[DistortedDingo]

w3rd!!

[08DTChris]

Needs tuning.

[WatershedDevices]

You are right - this was shot before we tuned it - some of the other videos of HitPipes feature the instrument in tune ;).

[bestbowltix]

Bhutta dhatta dhutta blep blep shablep smuttha.

[Samcara]

might come out more if you were to stretch the pitch....and put a keying for the tap sections....kinda like the fingerings for a trumpet.....it may help....pretty cool though...4*

[inuyashahd]

MARIO DUNGEON!!!!!!!!!! bunna dunna duna

[thconan]

Thats awful.

[bigvuch]

needs a little tuning

[rkkrmariodude]

lol mario i can play that on the piano

[BigRichSoprano]

Just a vairant of Blue Man Group.

[craigdatiga]

Dont use plastic as the hit pad... It will sound better with another material.

[WatershedDevices]

Hi Craigdatiga - thanks for your comment. I Have tried other material including a rubber-sheet backed section of coroplast which mutes the initial strike sound nicely. These can be inserted as disks inside open-cut rings made of this blue plastic part. Any material can be inserted like this - as long as it has a porthole and can withstand a good pounding.

[comfortablyzen]

if you leave them open and use old flip flops as paddles over the top, youll find it works Amazing, thats what ive been experimenting on with mine

[WatershedDevices]

Yes, - it says in the text comments that accompany the video "Easy reach, fast arpeggio drum heads quickly come off to reveal fat-sounding foam-paddle slapper surfaces. "

We will post more videos with paddles shortly.

[idmcasterisk]

Why don't you make a drumhead... It sounds way better than any material used for the head..

[Neogothic]

That's absolutely amazing!

[snubbyj]

nice work! you should make more vids with other songs

[slipknot555133]

haha mario bros.

[Jnagwet]

It's quite a cool concept of 'merging' the construction of a tubulum and a PVC instrument. It plays like PVC but you only need half the length of pipe, right? Nice find.

[BlueManIan]

I've been thinking about building a PVC instrument with caps; what kind did you use?

[WatershedDevices]

Hey BlueManLan - I replied on the thread at bmgconstruction101 with the part numbers for you. C.

[Bluemansoup]

nice i didnt put caps on my tubulum,i see an advantage tho, i like this alot! go to the website bmgconstruction101 , com

my instrument is there, but it aint half as good as this, nice work :D