[Rachad]’s automatic xylophone might be just the ticket ... strikers instead of piano keys. You can hear the instrument in action in the video below. Since the project required 24 solenoids ...

When it comes to painful sounds of a musical instrument played by a learner, in the first place is the violin, with drums ...

Miller] applied the standard in his decidedly analog self-playing robotic xylophone. Framed inside a fetching Red Oak enclosure, the 25-key instrument uses individual solenoids for each key ...

Dr Peter Zinovieff brought along Ghanaian Xylophone (Gyil). It is an instrument traditionally only played by men in Ghana. Xylophones can be played solo, but are also frequently played in pairs ...

The legendary American vibraphonist, composer and pioneer of jazz-funk died Tuesday, his family said. He was 84.

This kid-friendly roundup of children’s instruments features a diverse array of options, including a piano, guitar, xylophone, drum sets, a mini karaoke set, accordion, tambourine and maracas.

ranging from the triangle to large keyboard percussion instruments like the xylophone. But broadly speaking, there are two types of percussion instrument: pitched and unpitched. Pitched percussion ...

Zoos are responsible for more than keeping enclosures clean and animals well-fed. Tending to their residents’ mental health is just as important. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo took a creative ...