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How do you tune a boatswain call for the royal navy?

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A Boatswain's call or Bosun's pipe was used aboard ships for communication

_{^{It can be tuned by modifying the tube, by flattening to make the space near the pea smaller

Another way to tune is to push something into the pipe to sharpen the edge

When tuned and held with the mouth toward a breeze a sound will be heard}}

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