My Instrument

When we were first assigned this project, I was a little reluctant to make a working instrument. I am completely musically inept (I took piano lessons for 8 years but I still cant read notes). I started out sketching simple percussion instruments, all variations of a drum, but soon moved on to a more mechanical approach. I got the picture of a crank-powered percussion device in my head, sketched it, got raw materials at Lowes and completed it in the wood-shop. I really enjoyed making this object because it gave me a chance to become more familiar with the machines in the wood-shop, something I've been meaning to do for the past year.