Making Wood Folk Instruments

by Dennis Waring

Book Overview

Introduce the kids to some toy instruments they're sure to love -- a bleach-bottle banjo, garden-hose bugle, washtub bass, or flowerpot chimes. Or create your own authentic folk instrument:... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806974826
• ISBN13: 9780806974828
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Omnibus Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

making wood folk instruments

I ordered a used book and it came as an old library book. This book is very good. It really gives detailed real world plans. I havent started yet but I want to make at least two of the harder dulcimers.

Mixed in quality

This book covers a wide range of possible instruments. At the low end are items that are unlikely to interest your child, such as a bleach bottle banjo and rubber band harp. At the high end are real instruments which require significant woodworking experience and time, such as tear-drop fiddle and celtic harp. In between, however, are a few projects, primarily woodwind and percussion, which would be manageable to do with and for your kids. I think that, given the price, there are enough different projects in the book that it is worth getting if you enjoy making things and have kids who are interested in experiencing different kinds of musical instruments.

A fun intro to insturment making

This is really two books. The first part covers a variety of simple insturments aimed at children. A few, such as the psalter, could me more complex if you wished. The second part presents some more complex insturments, including hammered and mountain dulcimers, a banjo, country fiddle, and celtic harp. This are not for the faint of heart, especially the harp. If you want some step-by-step instructions on making a simple, but quality folk insturment, either as an introduction to insturment making or as your final goal, this is a good place to start (I bought it for the mountain dulcimer instructions alone).