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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on November 30, 2012 at 2:39am

Cool!! Let us know how it turns out.

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Permalink Reply by Nobby 1974 on December 12, 2012 at 2:10am

wormil, you might like to check this video out then fella:

 

Recycled Orchestra

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Permalink Reply by wormil on December 12, 2012 at 6:46am

I really like that oil drum cello. One of our kids plays the cello but I doubt we'll have enough time to make that although I'd love to try.

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Permalink Reply by wormil on December 12, 2012 at 6:52am

Update: We had our first meeting and only one of the two kids showed, he decided to make a xylophone which was the one instrument I had hoped they wouldn't choose because I know the least about them. Oh well. The other kid plays a cello so I'm hoping to steer him toward a string instrument, maybe a cb violin or psaltery though the latter may be too much work since I can't use premade zither pins.

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Permalink Reply by wormil on December 26, 2012 at 11:17am

Update2: The 2nd kid chose to make a 2 string cello-like (he plays cello) instrument. His mom rejected using a cigar box in favor of a big wooden hollow book. The hollow book is pretty large and looks awesome but it's paper covered pressboard & wood so it will be probably sound dull. He doesn't want frets since he used to playing without them. So far we have an oak neck, hollow book body and next week we work on adding strings and tuning pegs.

I'll start posting pics of this stuff soon.

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