THINGS TO MAKE.
If you're a boy who doesn't mind a bit of bother you'll be able to niako a really clever musical instrument from a number of old bottles, such as those in which we buy lime juice or vinegar. Even medicine bottles will do, but they should all bo the same size. Having collected the bottles, take an ordinary broom stick, and rest it on the.back of two chairs. Then tie the bottles to the stick with strings, so that they hang loosely and not too close together. Now comes the work of tuning up, and this you may do by pouring water into tho bottle, a different quantity in each, putting more water for a low note and less for a high. To get the note of each bottle tap it with a stick— the edge of a ruler is useful. With care you will evontuallj have all tho bottles tuned and ready for use, and then you can.learn to, play them by striking each with a stick—not too hard, of course. After a while you will be able to pick out a tune' quite well, and then you can try using a stick in each hand, and bo you will in the end bo able to tap out a bright tune ( quickly and well.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 108, 2 November 1929, Page 22
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218THINGS TO MAKE. Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 108, 2 November 1929, Page 22
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