Want to play the xylophone but don’t want to learn how? [Rachad]’s automatic xylophone might be just the ticket. It uses homemade solenoids to play tunes under computer control. Think of it as a ...

The MIDI format has long been used to create some banging electronic music, so it’s refreshing to see how [John P. Miller] applied the standard in his decidedly analog self-playing robotic xylophone.

Kid Engineer Anjali builds a xylophone from recycled materials with Fire Seed Arts. Kid Engineer Anjali builds a xylophone from recycled materials with her friends and Fire Seed Arts. - I'm Anjali ...

Which xylophones for kids are best? Xylophones are a popular first instrument for kids because they are easy to use, require little dexterity and are often fun, brilliant colors. Unlike guitars and ...

You’re inevitably familiar with the xylophone. In Western culture, it’s a staple in children’s music classes — a toy ostensibly anyone can play. But for the Lobi tribe of northern Ghana, an ancestor ...

Of the things that you could do with beer bottles, this has got to be one of the most glorious. Designer Sam Gensburg has created this special packaging for beer bottles — in this example, the ...

This lengthy xylophone in the Kyushu woods in Japan uses gravity and dropping wooden balls to play Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.” It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t love a great xylophone ...