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Xylophone has eight wooden bars spanning a full octave (without the half-tones).
AMERICAN WOODWORKER #17 Nov-Dec 1990 pg. 31
Correction AMERICAN WOODWORKER #19 Mar-Apr 1991 pg. 4

How to make old-time rhythm band instruments. Instructions included for making: maracas, a rubber-band guitar, a slide whistle, a washtub bass, a tom-tom, clacking spoons and a xylophone.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Jan 1974 (v.52#1) pg. 54

Xylophone made from pop bottles.
BOYS' LIFE Oct 1963 (v.53#10) pg. 46

A child-size, functional, upright piano. Eight large keys activate 8 hammers which strike a xylophone-like tone bar.
CANADIAN WORKSHOP Oct 1988 (v.12#1) pg. 20

Pipe xylophone is made from electrical metallic tubing and wood. Est. cost: $4.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #72 Nov-Dec 1981 pg. 60

Simple musical instruments fashioned from recyclables. (1) Rubber-band guitar. (2) Oatmeal box drum with wooden drumsticks. (3) Xylophone made from metal pipes. (4) Water-glass chimes.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #147 Dec 1994-Jan 1995 pg. 28

Four musical instruments made from wood, leather and bells: a xylophone, a drum, hand bells and a rasp.
SUNSET Oct 1987 (v.179#4) pg. 132

Make a set of tubular bells (xylophone) for a school orchestra. An ideal group project. The frame is wood and the tubes are scrap pieces of stainless steel tubing. 18 different notes are produced by the various lengths of tubing.
WOODWORKER #1016 Jul 1978 (v.82) pg. 2 (312+)

Making a xylophone with wooden keys. Reprint of a 1943 article.
WOODWORKER Aug 1993 (v.97#8) pg. 102

A cricket shaped pull toy is also a xylophone with wooden sound plates.
WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Nov-Dec 1998 (v.22#6) pg. 58, Insert

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