Making music

[Woodchuck]

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???

[BilltheDiver]

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.

[Marcellarius]

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

did find all kind of different types:

here's som pics:








did look a little more and then this came along:



curious what you will gonna make!

[Rapid Roger]

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



Rog

[dirtrider73068]

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.

[puzzleguy]

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 !