Conduit Chimes

Submitted by tlogan on January 8, 2009 - 11:38pm

Materials: Two each of ten (10) feet, ½ inch electrical conduit. Leather lace to hang the pipes. Pipe cutter or hack
saw. Measuring tape and drill press. 3 1/2” x 1/4" bolts to tap on chimes to make them ring.

Directions:
1. Cut conduit to appropriate lengths as listed below.
2. Ream ends to remove sharp edges.
3. Drill 1/4" hole about one inch from end of pipe for leather lace.
4. Using a permanent marker label each pipe with pipe number and note.

 

 

Number Note
Name		 Length
of Pipe
1 Bb 13 3/8
2 B 13
3 C 12 5/8
4 C# 12 1/4
5 D 11 7/8
6 Eb 11 1/2
7 E 11 1/4
8 F 10 7/8
9 F# 10 5/8
10 G 10 1/4
11 Ab 9 7/8
12 A 9 5/8
13 Bb 9 3/8
14 B 9 1/8
15 C 8 7/8
16 C# 8 5/8
17 D 8 3/8
18 Eb 8 1/8
19 E 7 7/8
20 F 7 1/2

 

NOTE:  If you want to be *REALLY* precise, check out this document... http://vip.vast.org/NSTA/conduitchimes/Chimes.pdf