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Title: Making music
Post by: Woodchuck on March 20, 2014, 11:38:50 am

My local Woodworking Group, Central Indiana Woodworkers, is having a contest among its members to see who can make the best item from their shop that makes music. The prizes are Rochler gift cards.  I want to make the item on the scrollsaw. If anyone has any ideas to help I would appreciate. Right now I am leaning toward wind chimes. Flutes and stringed instruments were also mentioned. Any ideas or plans fellow scrollsawyers???

Title: Re: Making music
Post by: BilltheDiver on March 20, 2014, 12:04:58 pm

Here is a link to a video from Steve Ramsey on building a thumb piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8qyD1Apbnk  It might be just what you are looking for.

Title: Re: Making music
Post by: Marcellarius on March 20, 2014, 12:11:53 pm

first thing that comes to my mind is a "xylophone drum"

did find all kind of different types: (https://www.google.com/search?q=one+piece+cylophone&espv=210&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=jRArU_T3JYSc0QWg7YH4Bw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1680&bih=931#q=%22xylophone+drum%22&tbm=isch)

here's som pics:

(http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0042/2962/products/wooden-xylophone-drum-1_1024x1024.jpg?v=1376123394)

(http://payload141.cargocollective.com/1/7/228168/5127661/_MG_0742_5.JPG)

(http://i01.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/776/435/251/1275104062806_hz-myalibaba-web17_1238.JPG)


did look a little more and then this came along:

(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/080/e/0/unfinished_xylophone_1_by_whimsy_wanderer.jpg)

curious what you will gonna make!

Title: Re: Making music
Post by: Rapid Roger on March 20, 2014, 05:13:49 pm

You might try some Tongue Drums, They are fairly simple to make.
And then there are Train whistles.

(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z299/rapidroger/Games%20and%20Toys/Toungdrums001.jpg) (http://s193.photobucket.com/user/rapidroger/media/Games%20and%20Toys/Toungdrums001.jpg.html)

Rog

Title: Re: Making music
Post by: dirtrider73068 on March 20, 2014, 09:32:17 pm

What about a cigar box guitar? I seen a vid of a guy make one of these and thought it was cool, you keep the cigar box intact being careful not to rip off the paper covering  it.

Title: Re: Making music
Post by: puzzleguy on March 22, 2014, 09:13:23 pm

Heres a couple of ideas - oft these pics from overstock
I use to be a woodshop teacher years ago -and ive made countless Kalimbas
use to use old metal leaf rake metal spokes ( probably find them in the trash on garbage days )
and as an experiment i made a Zylophone ( kinda like this one )
one nice thing about kalimbas is that by leghtening the metal spoke you change the tone ,
and you can use as many spokes as you want -for more notes .
the one in the you tube video didnt sound that good to my ears -
I think the garden rake spokes work better !