Behrens Galvanized Washboard I was looking up classic old time instruments, and I came across the idea for a washboard so I bought this one! Next I plan on buying a couple sets of thimbles and gluing them to our kid sized gardening gloves so the kids can practice playing the board, but in the mean time, […]
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Acoustic Shell
Last year we were given a play house built by the 8th graders at the middle school. However, I wanted to alter it and it occurred to me over the summer to change it into an acoustic shell! I remember them from the days when I sang in choir and I thought it would be a […]
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I found https://makezine.com/projects/thumb-piano/ and was inspired. I bought a grounding bar, and gathered plastic paintbrushes of various sizes. Then I installed it in our Acoustic Shell. By the end of the day the paintbrushes were all broken. I bet I’d have better luck with metal tines as they would vibrate louder than the soft twang […]
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Musical Keys
I saw some pins on pinterest that showed a cord with keys on them. The idea was that the kids could play with them and they would make a neat ‘jingle’ sound. I asked a home depot employee for some miscut keys, and the manager was glad to oblige. It worked… for a while. Eventually […]
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Last year our music area was pretty much neglected, so I wanted to update it and add elements to make it more dynamic. Here were my considerations: Noise. Since our preschool is connected to elementary classes, and there are apartments across the street, there had to be care in selecting the instruments that were out […]
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