Erik's Bamiooj

What's a Bamiooj? It is a musical instrument made from junk.

This is a sort of xylophone made from scrap wood (I had Erik pull nails and then ripped it down to a smaller size), an old piece of nylon laundry line, an old pool chair and the 'drumsticks' are superballs on an old, broken piece of dowel cut in half.

For his musical appreciation class, Erik's instrument has to have at least 5 distinct pitches.  We have more, but the shorter the piece in his instrument, the less distinct the tone.  He actually added three larger pieces because those sounds came out so much better.