BLOWAPHONE By:  Alex D. The name of my instrument is The Blowaphone.  I got the idea from the sound it makes.  Once I made it I blew in it and it sounded like a xylophone.  I got the idea from my step dad.  He asked me if I liked the idea and I said yes.  The items I used were pipe, pipe cutters, solder wire and a torch.  I got my materials from Meijer. The tools I used are torch and a pipe cutter. To make my instrument I first cut different lengths of pipe.  The next step was to solder some caps on.  The third step was to solder all the different length pipes together.  I rubbed the outside of it to make it shine.  To solder it, I took solder wire and I applied heat.  Then I stuck it to the copper and it melted. My instrument belongs to the wind family.  It makes a whistling sound.  My instrument has 10 different pitches.  It sounds like a xylophone and each different tube makes a different pitch.  My sound varies according to how I blow into it.