User:Jhunelyn/Instrument Project Essay

The Instrument Project Essay

I built my own super creative xylophones. I chose this instrument because it was the only one out of three that I made that can play a song.

My instrument plays like xylophones. The smaller the metal the higher the frequency. The history of my instrument is that it use to be tools for my bike, a box from the mail, and strings of metal. I play it by simply hitting the metal with a chopstick.

The materials i used were; four wrenches that varied in sizes, a chopstick, scissors, metal strings, colored foil, tape, my earing, super glue, and a box. The first thing I did was cover the box with colored foil. I held that together with the super glue and tape. I then used a piece of foil to measure were the holes for the string would fit in. I poked holes where i marked, with my earing. I strung the wrenches in order from small to biggest to the box. I then got my xylophones and playe dit with a chopstick.

My instrument does not work very well to me. I would probably changed the metal for it if I could. I did not research about my instrument because its my invention. Designing it took a very long time, but only because it was full of effort. Building the instrument was not a blast. I did not have fun making this project. In fact, I disliked this project very much. It was challenging to put everything together and make it play actual songs. Doing this project had to be the most frustrating thing I had ever done. I have learned that Home Depot doesnt cut pipes for you and that the slitest mistakes can be impossible to fix.