Recycling – The Climate Message

Friday’s Recycled Instrument: Paper & Plastic Flutes & Oboes

Paper tube flutes. Drinking-straw oboes. Drinking-straw panpipes. This video is misleading; the straws need to be closed at the bottom end to […]

The British drink a lot of tea, as we know. So it makes sense that the wooden boxes used to carry tea […]

This extremely satisfying instrument can be made in less than 20 minutes. A random piece of not-too-thick board. In the photos it’s […]

The detritus of industrial civilization includes endless supplies of PVC piping — a miracle material which is for the most part non-toxic, […]

People have been playing with sound for a long time. In the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, there’s a unique device that […]

Africa has long been a place where practically everything is eventually turned into a musical instrument. As we gradually surround ourselves with […]

How to Build a Hank Drum This tutorial shows you how to turn an empty propane tank into a multi-pitched tongue drum.

Baltimore is lucky. One of the city’s local fixtures is a fascinating cat who goes by the name of Abu The Flute […]

Here are some real simple instruments you can do without hassle: I found a discarded wicker laundry basket in the trash a […]

Pete Seeger enjoyed “…giving out bumper stickers reading “Gravity – it’s just a theory” and encouraging people to send them to anyone […]