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Click on the picture to hear the
sound!
My instrument is called The PVC piano. I needed
something that could rhyme with PVC so I picked "piano."
The instrument family my instrument belongs to is the
percussion family.
The pitch of my instrument is high and low but mostly
low.
The materials I used for
my instrument are PVC pipe, bar, screws, nuts, and a wooden
dowel
I found the screws and bolts and stuff on my Dad's
workbench. My Dad and I then went to the hardware store
called Menard's. We bought the PVC pipe, wooden dowel and
metal pipe at Menard's. PVC pipe is a type of pipe that is
hard plastic that was used for the frame and keys. The
metal bar is struck by the keys and the wooden dowel holds
the keys to the plastic frame.
I started out with a chair frame made out of PVC pipe.
Then with the dowel, we placed it as a bar to hold the
keys. Then with the PVC pipes I made the keys. I had to
cut the PVC pipe with my Dad's saw for the keys. The
cutting of the PVC pipe was fun and easy. Once cut, I put
the keys on the dowel, then I connected the dowel to the
chair-like piece. Then I connected the bar so the keys
would strike it. My Dad helped drill the holes and helped
cut the PVC pipe. My Dad started the work but I finished
it. I made the keys and connected the PVC pipes together.
The problem I had was how the screws and bolts kept
falling out of the end of the keys (PVC pipe filled with
nuts and screws). To prevent the screws and bolts falling
out I taped the ends of the keys.
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The way you play my PVC Piano instrument is to push on
the end of the keys but not hard or else the dowel would
break. The keys hit the bar and make sound. The way you
change the pitch in my instrument is to go higher on the
scale with a key filled with small screws or metal.
The way to change the tone of my instrument is to tape
off the end of the keys.
Once I was done with my instrument project I was very
satisfied. I like making things that you can either try or
use and this was one of them. I learned how to make the
change the sound or even make it louder by putting different
pieces inside the keys like screws or bolts and even
nails.
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