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    Default Xylophone kits @ Carbatec

    I just happened to stumble across the Carbatec website where this new product has been featured:
    http://www.carbatec.com.au/xylophone-kits_c22682
    Just wanted to see if anybody has seen or built one and what the feedback would be.

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    Interesting project by the looks of it, good price for just the bars.

    Maybe however someone should let them know it's not a xylophone but a glockenspiel, xylophones have wooden bars, glockenspiels have metal

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    To be fair they do explain that a little further on ......

    "* This style of instrument is popularly known as a xylophone. However, its proper name is glockenspiel or metallophone because the bars are metal (not wood)."

    I would actually prefer to make a xylophone with the wood bars.

    Now it has twigged my interest a quick search came across this which would be cool for my 2 year old:
    http://www.rockler.com/cricket-xylophone-plan
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    Now that cricket looks pretty cool.

    its not too difficult to make you own wooden bars.

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    That looks interesting , $45.00 is cheap enough - I might try to get over and pick one up when I get a chance.

    There is a place round Botany that used to have Bamboo kits - but they were expensive

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    Instructables has about a million variations.

    http://www.instructables.com/howto/xylophone/
    Very cool

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    Add some pipe underneath the bars and make a Marimba, http://www.vosa.org/paul/sales_folder/marimba_make.htm


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