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Has this got something to do with the greater mass of the longer object or greater mass of air inside it? Why are shorter wavelengths not equally prominent?

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  • $\begingroup$ There is a good answer here: [Organ pipes ](physics.stackexchange.com/questions/424685/…) $\endgroup$
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It's a pretty literal explanation. A longer tube can fit a longer wavelength. In fact, all standing waves that can exist in a tube are fractional divisions of the fundamental (longest) wavelength that can fit.

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