Sentence examples for stopped pipe from inspiring English sources
noun
A pipe organ tube with a uniform diameter, one closed end and one open end. A stopped pipe makes the same note as an open pipe of the same length.
The cylindrical pipe, coupled to a reed mouthpiece, acts acoustically as a stopped pipe (closed at one end).
The chalumeau was a stopped pipe (an octave lower in pitch than a comparable open pipe) and, unlike the clarinet, did not overblow to a register above the fundamental (the clarinet's low range is still termed its chalumeau range).
The fixed reed and fairly uniform diameter of the clarinet give the instrument an acoustical behavior approximating that of a cylindrical stopped pipe.
Taps can be kept open at a drip to stop pipes freezing.
The non-stop pipe smoking made Timberlake so sick that he "could not stir for several hours".
Concealed behind a flap in the tiger's flank is the small ivory keyboard of a two-stop pipe organ in the tiger's body, allowing tunes to be played.
According to court documents obtained by VICE, on March 28 , 2008Patrick Segerts severely beat Tanya with a metal pipe for ten minutes and only stopped when the pipe broke.
Suddenly, the cloud of dust coming from the Schramm's exhaust pipe stopped, and the pressure gauge dropped sharply.
The shipping company, Matson Navigation, repaired the hole and the pipe stopped leaking on Tuesday morning, spokesman Jeff Hull said.
It rained virtually every day, and the suppliers of copper wiring and iron pipe stopped their deliveries.
The timbre of the tuning fork and of the stopped diapason organ pipe is clear and pure because the sound they produce is almost without overtones.
