LINKS FOR INSTRUMENT MAKING
The Virtual Museum of Music Inventions
http://www.op97.k12.il.us/schools/longfellow/lrexford/base/
The Crafty Music Teacher's Page
http://www.craftymusicteachers.com
New York Philharmonic - Activities for Kids
http://www.nyphilharmon.org/education/activities/make_all.htm
Walt Disney Records - Activities - The Music Room
http://disney.go.com/disneyrecords/composer/
Welcome to the Online Home of Music K-8 Magazine!
http://musick8.com/
Chico Instrument Encyclopedia
http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/
Guitar Building: Acoustic Guitar Building, Electric
Guitar
Making, Guitar Repair,
Violin Making, Dulcimer Making, Mandolin Building, Drum
Making!
http://www.mimf.com/link.htm
Musical Craft Projects,making musical instruments
http://craftsforkids.about.com/cs/musicalcrafts/
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF INSTRUMENT MAKING
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I've looked through a few of the following books, and
thought they were very helpful or
inspirational. They all seem mighty interesting....you
might want to check 'em out!
Some are geared to young children and others are
suitable
for adults. And they range from the beginner instrument maker to the
highly
experienced. (Most of these books are available at www.amazon.com
except
where specified otherwise.)
Reinhold Banek & Jon Scoville, Sound
Designs
- A Handbook of Musical Instrument Building ($11.95)
If you dance to the beat
of a different drum, SOUND DESIGNS will teach you how to build
truly
unique musical instruments, including oil drum gongs, thumb pianos,
cowbells,
tube drums, and willow whistles. Sources for these and many other
designs
are drawn from cultures world wide - from the Stone Age to the
Space
Age. The necessarymaterials can be purchased easily, or simply found
in
nature or a junkyard.
Banta, Christopher C. The Bass Marimba: A Guide to Instrument Design and Fabrication.
Cline, Dallas. How to Play Nearly Everything from Bones to Spoons to the Washtub Bass.
Cline, Dallas. Homemade Instruments.
Cotton, Maggie. Agogo Bells to Xylophone: A Friendly Guide to Classroom Percussion Instruments.
Fletcher, Neville and Thomas D. Rossing. Physics of Musical Instruments.
Hopkin, Bart and Deborah Morganthal. Making Simple Musical Instruments: a Melodious Collection of Strings, Winds, Drums and More.
Hopkin, Bart /Forward by Tom Waits. Gravikords,
Whirlies & Pyrophones - Experimental Musical Instruments (with
CD; $29.950
See the Trigon Incartor! Hear the Aquavina! Marvel at the 25 foot tall
Bass Harp! Be astounded by the Theremin and the Buchla 400!
Wonder at the Photon Clarinet ; Be stupified by Water, Spice and
Whiffle Flutes!
Hopkin, Bart . Musical Instrument
Design
- Practical Information for Instrument Making
This encyclopedic, extensively illustrated book provides the
information
necessary to explore the world of musical instrument design and
construction.
While newcomers will appreciate its practical, hands-on approach and
friendly
tone, those with an established interest in instrument design and
construction
will find it equally valuable, because no other single resource
contains
the theoretical and practical information found in this book.
Madin, Jon. Marimba Music for Little Kids.
A fun collection of pieces suitable for the earlier grades. It is
available
in the States from John's Music, (http://www.johnsmusic.com) in
Seattle.
Phone 1(800) 473-5194.
Madin, Jon. Make Your Own Marimbas.
This book contains instructions for building two different 3 1/2 octave
marimbas and a bass marimba, as well as a mini-marimba with a range of
13 notes. Written in Australia, it contains clear and concise
information,
instructive diagrams and photographs, with a well-thought-through
approach. It was a great guide for our efforts as novice marimba
builders. It is available in the States from John's Music,
(http://www.johnsmusic.com)
in Seattle. Phone 1(800) 473-5194.
Madin, Jon. Make Your Own Wacky Instrument
Another great book by Jon Madin, this gives complete instructions for
building
all sorts of unusual instruments that will catch the kids'
fancy. Includes instructions for building J-Pipes, Boing Pipes,Street
Parade
Band Instruments, Drums, Rubber Glove Instruments, Cone
Instruments,
Aluminum Tube, assorted Metal Instruments, and more.
What
fun! (www.johnsmusic.com)
Bernard S. Mason, How to Make
Drums, Tomtoms
& Rattles / Primitive Percussion Instruments for Modern Use
($6.95)
Drums to have fun with, drums with magical powers, dance drums,
tomtoms.
Water drums--just about any type of drum you could wish to know about
or
make is described in this book by Bernard S. Mason, well-known
crafts
instructor and authority in Indians. Complete, thorough directions for
making each of the various drums are given, and you may be
surprised
to note that many can be constructed from such simple, everyday
materials
as wooden kegs, flower pots, coffee cans, buckets, old inner
tubes
and airplane cloth. Also such drum related articles as
drumsticks
and many different kinds of rattles are described with additional
instructions on how to make them.
Melick, Brian. Percussion Instruments Made Out Of Found Objects ($19.95)
Pierce, John Robinson. The Science of Musical Sound.
Alex Sabbeth, Rubber-Band Banjos and a
Java
Jive Bass - Projects & Activities on the Science of Music
&
Sound ($12.95)
Step-by-step instructions and illustrations guide you through
dozens
of projects and experiments. From a French horn made from a shower hose
to a xylophone made from an egg carton and some household wrenches,
Rubber-Band
Banjos and a Java Jive Bass makes you part of the coolest band in town!
Sebba, Jane. Ring A Ding Ding: Simple Ideas for Tuned Percussion In the Classroom.
Ginger Summit and Jim Widess, Making
Gourd Musical
Instruments ($27.95)
Over 60 string, wind & percussion instruments & how to play
them.
Detailed instructions for making & playing over 60 string, wind
&
percussion hosho rattles, uli' uli, caxixi, shekere, guiro, mbira,
xylophones,
drums, berimbau, lyres & harps, lutes & fiddles, banjo, guitar,
flutes, horns, reed aerophones, & more! (www.caning.com)
Turner, Jessica Baron and Ronny
Susan
Schiff . Let's Make Music An Interactive Musical Trip
Around
The World ($14.95)
Sing and play songs from around the world. Create instruments from 10
different
countries using recycled materials.
Waring, Dennis. Making Wood Folk Instruments. (west)
Waring, Dennis. Cool Cardboard Instruments to Make & Play ($19.95) Make guitars, lutes, zithers, harps, lyres, drums and versions of other common & unusual instruments from cardboard, wood, and other materials.
Waring, Dennis. Great Folk Instruments to
Make
& Play. $14.95
Build over 50 folk instruments to shake, rattle, pluck, and bang! Many
of the projects are simple to construct, using not only traditional
materials
such as wood, gourds, and bamboo, but everyday objects you
probably have on hand and are readily available, from tin cans to
PVC pipes.
Williams, Jim. The Guitar Maker's Manual.