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Table of ContentsOverview

Introduction1

History1

Purpose1

Objectives1

References1

Key Terms2

Component Recognition Parts Identification

3 Diagram

3 Review

4 Feedback

4Tuning

Tuning Procedures5

Review5

Feedback5

Boatswain’s Pipe Procedures Holding the Pipe

6 Hand Positions

6 Open-Hand Position

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BM “A” School How to use the Boatswain's PipeUSCG TRACEN Yorktown Rev. 11/26/2002

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Curved-Hand Position8

Closed-Hand Position9

Clinched-Hand Position10

Review11

Feedback11

Elements of a Score12

Making Notes13

Holding Notes13

Rests Between Notes13

Review14

Feedback14

Boatswain’s Pipe Calls Attention Call

15 Description

15 Demonstration

15 Practice

15 Feedback

15 Sweepers Call

16 Description

16 Demonstration

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Practice17

Feedback17

Mess Call18

Description19

Description (Cont'd)20

Demonstration20

Practice20

Feedback20

Passing the Side Call21

Description22

Demonstration22

Practice22

Feedback22

Feedback Labeling

23 Tuning

23 Hand Positions

23 Score

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How to Use the Boatswain’s Pipe

Overview

Introduction The Boatswain’s pipe is used for passing orders and/or for ceremonies such as piping officers over the side. The Boatswain’s pipe with its many combinations of trills, peeps, and blasts is one of the unique items associated with the Boatswain’s Mate.

History The Boatswain’s pipe is one of the oldest and most distinctive pieces of personal nautical equipment. In the days of antiquity, the pipe, or flute, was used by Greek and Roman galley navigators to set and keep the stroke of the oarsman. By 1500, the pipe became a badge of office and honor in England’s navy.

Purpose To provide instruction on tuning and playing the Boatswain’s pipe, and a demonstration of specific calls.

Objectives 1. State in writing the parts of the Boatswain’s pipe.2. Demonstrate the proper method for tuning the pipe.3. Demonstrate the proper hand positions.4. State in writing the symbols used in the musical score.5. Demonstrate the following calls:

a. Attention b. Sweepersc. Mess Calld. Passing the Side

References U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 39, No. 3, September 1913,

Annapolis, MD The Boatswain's Calls, by BMC Stephen McCarthy, U.S. Navy

U. S. Naval Institute Annapolis, MD Naval Customs, Traditions and Usage, 1939, by Lieutenant Commander Leland P. Lovettees, U. S. Navy

The U. S. Navy Blue Jackets' Manual, 1940 The Coast Guardsman's Manual, Sixth Edition, 1975 The Coast Guardsman's Manual, Eighth Edition, 1991 USCG Regulations, COMDTINST M5000.3 (Series)


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Overview (Continued)

Key Terms The following term will aid in the understanding of the material in this pamphlet.TERM DEFINITION

Over the Side To depart the ship

Alongside To arrive/board the ship

Fore and Aft Front to back

Butt Kits Ashtrays or garbage cans

Side-boys Ceremonial personnel that act as a presentation line, prescribed in pairs, and reflective of the rank of the dignitary

Quarter Deck Official or ceremonial entrance of a command

Brow An access ladder, ramp, or stairs leading to the Quarter Deck

Trill To play with a vibratory or quavering effect


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Component Recognition

Parts Identification

The pipe is comprised of the following parts.

Parts Function

Bowl Where the sound is developed.

Lanyard Decorative in nature, used to secure the pipe around the neck of the user.

Mouth Opening into which the user blows air.

Reed Hollow tube for passing air to the bowl.

Pea The opening in the bowl.

Wind Edge Forward edge of the pea, which diverts airflow into the bowl.

Flange Used to stiffen the pipe.

Ring Used to attach the pipe to the lanyard.

Diagram This diagram identifies the basic parts of the Boatswain’s pipe



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Component Recognition (Continued)

Review Correctly label the parts of a Boatswain's pipe with the following names: Flange Pea Mouth Bowl Ring Wind Edge Reed Lanyard

Write your answer next to the correct line, using each name only once.

Feedback For answers, see Labeling in the Feedback section.


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Tuning

Tuning Procedures

Perform the follow procedure when tuning the Boatswain’s pipe.

Step Action

1 Pass a broom straw through the reed.

2 Determine if straw strikes wind edge squarely.

NOTE

The straw should strike the wind edge squarely, splitting the straw just as it would the wind.

If ThenStraw is below wind edge

Get a new pipe;Pipe is not tunable.

Straw is above wind edge

Proceed to step 3.

3 Tap the top of the reed lightly at the pea end, until the straw’s diameter is divided by the wind edge.

4 Lightly file the wind edge to remove any nicks or burs.

5 Use beeswax to fill in the area on both sides of the bowl where it joins the reed.

NOTEFor a permanent adjustment, this joint can be

soldered.

Review Answer the following questions in the space provided.

What is the criterion for getting a new pipe? _______________________________________________

What material is used to seal the bowl and the reed? _______________________________________________

What tool is used to adjust the position of the bowl? _______________________________________________

Feedback For answers, see Tuning in the Feedback section.


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Boatswain’s Pipe Procedures

Holding the Pipe The pipe is held in your dominant hand with the bowl resting in the palm of your hand. There are two common positions: Pea Up position and Pea Out position.

IF THEN

Pea Up position The hole in the bowl is facing up when the pipe is to your lips.

Pea Out position The hole in the bowl is facing out when the pipe is to your lips.

Hand Positions Four hand positions are used to make the notes on the Boatswain's pipe. From the two pipe positions, you will learn to flex your fingers over and around the bowl forming different hand positions:

Open Curved Closed Clinched

NOTEThere are different ways to hold the Boatswain's pipe; there is no single or correct method. You will have to perfect your own technique. The two commonly used methods will be shown to help you identify the correct hand positions.



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Boatswain’s Pipe Procedures (Continued)

Open-Hand Position

In the open-hand position, you use the least amount of pressure to make a soft, clear note. This note is the lowest pitched note of the four positions and can be the softest in volume.

Pipe Position Hand Position Explanation

Pea Out In this position, the fingers are open and the pea is not covered.

NOTE

The forefinger is hooked over the pipe to hold it in place.

Pea Up In this position, the fingers are open and the pea is not covered.

NOTEThis holding position is more difficult and requires that the pipe be cradled in the palm of the hand.



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Curved-Hand Position

In the curved-hand position, you exert a little more air pressure to produce a higher pitched note than that produced using the open-hand position. In the curved-hand position, you are slightly closing your hand over the bowl, restricting the airflow.


Pea Out The fingers are slightly closed, restricting the airflow.

Pea Up The fingers are slightly closed, restricting the airflow.

NOTEThis holding position is more difficult and requires that the pipe be cradled in the palm of the hand.



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Closed-Hand Position

You close the bowl of the pipe in the palm of your hand. Using the closed-hand position requires greater amounts of air to produce a high, clear note.


Pea Out The fingers are closed over the bowl of the pipe, which is cupped in the palm of your hand.

NOTEExercise caution to ensure that you do not restrict the airflow around the hole in the bowl.

Pea Up The fingers are closed over the bowl of the pipe.

NOTEExercise caution to ensure that you do not restrict the airflow around the hole in the bowl.



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Clinched-Hand Position

Using the clinched-hand position, you exert all the pressure that you can to make the note shrill and clear. This is the most difficult of the notes to sound and hold.


Pea Out The bowl of the pipe is completely enclosed within the palm of your hand. The fingers are tightly clasped around the bowl.

NOTE

Do not restrict the airflow around the hole in the bowl.

Pea Up The bowl of the pipe is completely enclosed within the palm of your hand. The fingers are tightly clasped around the bowl.

NOTEDo not restrict the airflow around the hole in the bowl.



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Review Match each hand position (listed in the Position column) with the description of the note that is produced using that position. Place the letter assigned to the description (in the Note column) in the Answer column, adjacent to the corresponding hand position. No answer is used more than once.

Answer Position NoteClinched a. Soft, clearClosed b. Low, clearCurved c. High, clearOpen d. Shrill, clear

e. Higher than soft, clear

Feedback For answers, see Hand Positions in the Feedback section.



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Elements of a Score

The various notes of a call are written in musical scores. The four hand positions are used to produce notes. The characteristics of a musical score are explained in the following table.

Element Action Description Symbol

Breath

Fully exhale breath

Full arrowheads along a line

Gently exhale breath

Half arrowheads along a line

Note

Make a smooth note

Straight line ___________

Make a rattled note

Dotted line …………….

Make an undulating note

Broken line ----------------

Ending

End sharply Arrow on the end of a line

Allow the note to die away

No arrow on the end of a line

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Making Notes You make Smooth notes by blowing evenly into the pipe as if blowing into an ordinary whistle. You raise or lower the volume and pitch of the note by exerting more or less force as you blow.

You sound Rattled notes by trilling the tip of your tongue against the roof of your mouth while blowing into the pipe. The rattled note resembles the sound produced by a pea in a police-style whistle.

You make Undulating notes by moving your tongue up and down in a wave-like motion while blowing into the pipe, causing the sound to undulate smoothly, but continuously, at equal intervals.

Holding Notes The number of seconds each note in a call should last, under normal conditions, is marked above the bar. At times, however, circumstances require that you shorten a call or specific note.

Rests Between Notes

Intervals, or rests, between notes are marked with a vertical line, the number of seconds being noted above the line.



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Review Match the items listed in the Action column with the appropriate item in the Symbol column. Place the letter assigned to the symbol in the Answer column. Answers may be used more than once.

Answer Action Symbol

Allow note to die away a.

End sharply b. ----------------

Fully exhale breath c. …………….

Gently exhale breath d.

Make a rattled note e.

Make a smooth note f. ___________

Make an undulating note g. ∭∭∭∭∭

h.

Feedback For answers, see Score in the Feedback section.


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Boatswain’s Pipe Calls

Attention Call This call is usually the prelude to any announcement being passed aboard ship. It is also used as a part of other calls. Its purpose is to command the attention of all hands to the announcement about to be made.

This call is also know as Passing the Word.

The score of this call is depicted below.

Description Duration of the call is approximately 10 seconds. This call goes from a low note to a high, shrill note.

Step Sequence

1 Start the call with your hand in the closed-hand position

2 Move your hand to the clinched position within one second.

3 While performing this note, exert increased force three times while blowing.

4 End the call with a sharp cut-off ending.

Demonstration Listen to the instructor or recording to hear the call correctly.

Practice Perform the Attention call while the instructor, or recording, is going and try to match this call.

Practice this call until you can perform it from memory, without error.

Feedback Seek and receive instructor feedback as necessary to perform the call correctly.


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Boatswain’s Pipe Calls (Continued)

Sweepers Call This call pipes all sweepers to start their brooms, carry out a clean sweep-down fore and aft, and clean out all butt kits.

The musical score used to make this call is depicted below.

Description Duration of the call, with the repeated segments, is 26 seconds. The end of the call is undulated, not the sharp notes performed in step 5.

Step Sequence

1 Begin the call from the open-hand position.

2 Undulate the note three times in approximately 3 seconds.

3 Transition to a clinched-hand position with a sharp ending. [End segment one.]

4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 two more times with about a ½-second delay between each repeat. [End segments two and three.]

5 After the third segment, perform five sharp notes going between the closed- and clinched-hand positions.

6 Repeat the undulated notes (steps 1 through 4) again, including the delays.

7 After the third segment, end the call with 3 seconds of an undulated note in the clinched-hand position with a fade-away ending.



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Practice Perform the Sweepers call while the instructor, or recording, is going and try to match this call.

Practice the call until you can perform it from memory, without error.




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Mess Call This call, which is the longest of all of the calls, is a combination of three calls: Attention, Heave Around, and Pipe Down. The Mess call is 1 minute in duration on a single breath. It is a daily call and requires great skill and plenty of breath to carry out.

The score of this call is depicted below.



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Description The Mess call is five segments long.

Step Sequence

1 Perform a normal Attention call.

2 Delay approximately 1½ seconds.

[End segment one.]

3 Start with the open-hand position.

4 While holding the note, transition to the clinched-hand position.

5 Holding the same note, transition to the curved-hand position for a fade-away ending.

NOTE

This segment is 10 seconds long.

[End segment two.]

6 Delay 1 second.

7 Begin segment three using the curved-hand position.

8 Transition to the clinched-hand position while holding the note.

9 Continuing to hold the note, return to the open-hand position and perform a die-away ending.

NOTEThis segment is 15 seconds long and is undulated during the entire segment.

[End segment three.]10 Delay 1 second.

11 Perform a normal Attention call.

[End segment four.]

12 Delay approximately 1½ seconds.



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Description(Cont'd)

Step Sequence

13 Start in the curved-hand position.

14 While holding the note, transition first to the clinched-hand position and then, back to the open-hand position.

15 Return to the clinched-hand position while performing a sharp ending.

NOTE

This segment is 10 seconds long and is trilled during the entire segment.


Practice Perform the Mess call while the instructor, or recording, is going and try to match this call.

Practice the call until you can perform it from memory, without error.




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Piping the Side Call

This call is piped for the arrival or departure of dignitaries. The same musical score is used for each call.

The arrival call starts just as the visitor's foot touches the brow or Quarterdeck and finishes in time for the visitor to be greeted by the Officer of the Deck.

The departure call starts just as the visitor’s foot touches the brow or quarterdeck while departing the ship.

NOTE

At the start of either call, the Boatswain's Mate and all side-boys perform a hand salute, remaining in that position during the duration of the call, and drop the salute at the end of the call.

Look at the score of this call.



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Description Perform the following sequence to complete the Piping the Side call:

NOTE

The duration of the hold, rise, hold, fall, and hold (steps 1 through 6) should be about equal, so the call begins and

smoothly ends with the pace of the dignitary.

Step Sequence

1 Start with the open-hand position.

2 Hold note for approximately 10 seconds.

3 Transition to the clinched-hand position.


5 Transition to the open-hand position.


7 Finish call with a sharp ending in the clinched-hand position.


Practice Perform the Piping the Side call while the instructor, or recording, is going and try to match this call.

Practice this call until you can perform it from memory, without error.



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Feedback

Labeling Answers to labeling prompt.

Tuning Answers to tuning questions.

1. If straw is below wind edge, then get a new pipe.2. Beeswax or solder.3. No tool; tap the top of the reed lightly.

Hand Positions Answers to hand position practice.

Answer Position Noted Clinched a. Soft, clear c Closed b. Low, clear e Curved c. High, clear a Open d. Shrill, clear

e. Higher than soft, clear



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Feedback (Continued)

Score Answers to score practice.

Answer Action Symbol

f Allow note to die away a.

a End sharply b. ----------------

d Fully exhale breath c. …………….

e Gently exhale breath d.

c Make a rattled note e.

f Make a smooth note f. ___________

b Make an undulating note g. ∭∭∭∭∭

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