Gallery 13
St. Vincent de Paul School
(Note: We regret to inform you that St. Vincent de Paul School closes its doors in June, 2002)
Shepherd, Michigan
St. Vincent de Paul School Musical Instrument Archives (2000/2001)
My instrument is called a coffee
can drum. My Grandma helped me make it. After I decided what
I wanted to do, my Grandma found the paint, and I found an
old coffee can in the garage. We found a long piece of
rubber that would work good to cover the ends.
First I cut the ends off the
coffee can. Then I painted strips on the coffee can. Then I
added rubber bands around the outside in the creases for
decoration. Next I cut the rubber in two circles. And then
we attached the rubber on the coffee can with a rubber band.
And then my drumsticks were two pencils. The sound is made by tapping on
the rubber with my drumsticks or pencils. The sound of the
drum can be changed by tapping on the ends with either one
or two pencils. Tapping can change the sound on different
places on the rubber. I can also change the pitch and
the sound of the drum by how tight the rubber on the ends is
stretched. The timbre sounds of the drum sounds like
raindrops hitting our camper roof in the summer when we are
camping.
