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Why is note produces by an open organ pipe sweeter that that produced by a closed organ pipe of same length?

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This is because the note produced by an open organ pipe consists of both, the odd and the even harmonics. But the note produced by a closed organ ipe contains only odd harmonics. Further for a given length of pipe, fundamental frequency of open organ pipe is twice the fundamental frequency of closed organ pipe.
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