PVC Intruments
 

Oh man, I remember having plans for a PVC marimba like instrument the blue man group uses, but I cant find it :( Does anyone have blueprints for this thing? I plan on making it this summer :)

i might know someone who does, ill try to see what i can do.

found some plans!!!!
http://students.washington.edu/natetrue/ntcom/pvc.htm

PVC makes great didgeridoo's too, especialy if you haven't played one and want to learn.
Just make one side of de pvc-pipe smaller with wax (the kind that gets hard after time).
You can make the outside of the pipe more real with "wood-in-a-tube" and then paint it, to give it a better apereance.

Learning to play didg on a pvc didg is easier, but they variety of sounds are way more limited.

I want a real marimba.

One of my friend made and sold Didgeridoos out of PVC. His trick was to take a blow torch to the outside of the pipe to give it a mottled, woodlike texture...they looked really good after he got done with them. And a little dental wax around the mouthpiece never hurt either.