Making a Copper Pipe Xylophone by Expert Village

In this series we're going to talk about different aspects of the xylophone. We're going to go over how a xylophone is tuned. Without any kind of tuning capability, we have to have way to get the metal to the size we want to make the pitch we want. We're... Read More »

Picking the Right Metal for a Xylophone by Expert Village

Now, when you're going to make a xylophone, you have to keep in mind what kind of metal or wood you want to use. Well today, we're going to make ours out of metal, specifically copper. But, are there other kinds of metal we could use? Sure. We could use... Read More »

Smoothing the Edges of a Copper Pipe Xylophone by Expert Village

We want to enjoy our xylophone after it's made and because we want to enjoy it and not have it hurt us, we need to take care of a few rough edges. Now, those rough edges are just what I mean. When you cut the pipe with the pipe cutter it leaves a very... Read More »

Drilling the C Pipe of a Xylophone by Expert Village

So now comes the time to drill the hole in the low C, the last drilling of holes that we need to do for the notes for the copper pipe. Gently get it tightened. We have to remember to plug our drill in. And now, a quarter inch down... So now all that's... Read More »

Picking a Mallet for a Copper Pipe Xylophone by Expert Village

So now we're going to explore some options about mallet selection. Now, depending on the kind of tone we want, we can use different mediums, different materials, to make different kinds of mallets. So, for our purposes, we're going to use materials we've... Read More »