The Barrow Bass
Upright bass built from a wheel barrow, hockey stick, pieces of metal and wood and a boot and wiring to hold the strings in place
The Saxycle
Saxophone-type instrument built from the front end of a bicycle.
The Xyladder
The 'xylophone ladder', or Xyladder, is built in the shape of a ladder is made from scrap pieces of wood and shaped like a ladder. It is played upright, and each note is suspended using Velcro so it resonates when it is struck
The Glube
The 'glockenspiel tube instrument', or Glube, is made up of tuned pieces of flexible piping, cut to the right length to resonate for a given note. It is played striking the tube at various positions to give different sounds on a particular note
The Tincello
The 'cello made of tin', or the Tincello, is made from a tin garbage can, PVC tubing, and a computer board to hold the strings in place. A tie and wiring keep the strings tight at the bottom of the instrument
The Recycolin
The 'recycled violin', or the Recycolin, is a violin made from scrap plywood, paper mache, and an old baseball bat. The design of the resonating chamber allows for more resonance to be heard
The Reuseolin
A violin-type instrument made from dryer vents, an old smoked salmon box, and a field hockey stick
The Wine Glass Harp
The wine glass harp is a series of wine glasses tuned by adding water to the glass, played by sliding a finger around the brim of the glass
The Trash Set
This percussive drum set is made of recycled metals, wood, pails, cooking utensils, a cane, a computer casing, a kitchen sink, a bicycle frame, silverware and more trash that have different resonances when struck
The Copper Vibraphone
A vibraphone built from old copper tubing, old wood planks, and string
The Flair Machine
A series of FLute/recorder-type instruments built from PVC tubes, powered by an AIR foot pump
The Musical Sled
A child's sled built into a single-stringed slide guitar
The Bottle Harp
The bottle harp is a series of bottles tuned by adding water to the bottle, and played by blowing over the mouth of the bottle
The Garbuitars
Various guitars made from old wood, hub caps, an old telephone, old guitar necks and various pieces of trash to hold the body together
The Sleeping Harp
A harp-type instrument built from an old bed frame found at the side of the road
The Grumpet
The 'garden hose trumpet', or Grumpet, is built simply from a garden hose and funnel, played using a trumpet mouthpiece
The Tube Tower and Tube Table
The tube tower and tube table are instruments built from a series of hard, PVC tubes cut to the proper length to resonate for a particular note, played by striking the top of the tubes
The Oil Drum
An old recycled oil drum, played with timpani mallets by striking the top of the drum
The PVC Flute
Flute-type instrument made by drilling holes in a PVC pipe
The Musical Saw
Sounds made by bowing the edge of a saw, and changing the pitch of the notes produced by bending the saw
The Crash
Shaking a thin sheet of metal to produce the sound of a crash cymbal
The Autodrum
A timpani drum built from the front end of a 1999 Honda Accord automobile
The Ballagpipes
Balloon-bagpipes which are a bagpipe-type instrument made from PVC pipes, powered by the air of balloons, using a garbage bag plastic piece as the vibrating reed
The Glovobone
A trombone-style instrument made from plastic piping using a rubber glove as the vibrating reed to make a sound