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Bourdon Pipes
The scale for the Bourdon pipes is the same as the Soubasse pipes
except two notes smaller. Here's a sketch showing a front and cross section view of a Bourdon
pipe followed by a table of dimensions for the entire rank:

| T | Wall Thickness |
PS | Pipe Size |
| CH | Cap Height |
IW | Internal Width |
| BT | Bottom Thickness |
ID | Internal Depth |
| WST | Windsheet Thickness |
IL | Internal Length |
| MH | Mouth Height |
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Here are all the sides for the first twelve pipes. Staring with two 2x12x16' poplar boards,
it was almost a whole day of work to get to this point:
After seeing lots of real wood pipes with a square top on the block, I decided to make the
Bourdon pipes this way as opposed to having a 70° slant as in the Soubasse pipes. Here are some
photos of a Bourdon block with a flat top. For reference, there is a photo of a Soubasse block
showing the 70° slant.
All the real wood pipes I've seen (except for 16' open wood pipes) have the mouth cut into the
front. I decided to do the same for the Bourdon pipes. Here's the jig I made to cut the mouths
using the router:


And after a little clean up with a razor blade and a square:
The Bourdon pipes don't have beards or ears:

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