How to Make a Xylophone Using Wine Glasses and Water

You can make your own musical instruments out of ordinary items around the house. A xylophone can be made out of glass containers or wine glasses and varying levels of water.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• 8 wine glasses, glass jars or drinking glasses
• Pitcher of water
• Metal spoon

1. Choose 8 wine glasses, drinking glasses or jars. Anything made of glass is fine. This works better if all the glasses are the same size or relatively the same size.
2. Arrange the 8 wine glasses in a row on a table in front of you.
3. Start with the second glass from the left and pour just a little bit of water into the glass from your pitcher of water.
4. Pour water in the third glass from the right. Put in a little more than you did in the first glass.
5. Hit the glasses with a spoon, starting with the empty glass and going down the row to make sure you are getting the right sounds.
6. Pour more water in the glasses as you need, or switch out the glasses to get them so that the tones are in order when you hit the glasses with the spoon.

Tips & Warnings

• Pour more water in the glasses as you need, or switch out the glasses to get them so that the tones are in order when you hit the glasses with the spoon.