While often viewed as instruments exclusively for children, xylophones are present in orchestras, film scores and even some pop and rock bands. The simplicity that makes them appeal to young people ...

Learn to manufacture your own solenoids and then use them to play the xylophone by watching the tutorial video after the break. [Humberto Evans] and the team at Nerd Kits do a great job of not only ...

[Ania’s] been working on extending a xylophone in a project called Multixylophoniomnibus. She’s fitted a piezo sensor on the bottom of each xylophone key, interfacing it with an Arduino. When a mallet ...