I built a mark tree (bar chime)

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    quochuy

    Published on Sep 22, 2021
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    A mark tree is a percussion instrument consisting of a series of small chimes. It is used to add some musical colour to a piece and is played by sweeping a finger through the the series of chimes.

    For future flute recordings, I've decided to make myself one by using aluminium flat bars. So I headed to the local hardware store to buy some. I started to cut the first bar to a 20cm piece. I then carry on cutting 34 more pieces reducing the length by about 3mm each time.

    Aluminium flat bars

    Cutting aluminium flat bar

    The band saw left some burr on the end of each aluminium section so I had to sand them off. I then made a little jig out of an off-cut of wood to make sure I'm drilling a hole at the same place on each of the sections. The holes are then drilled on the drill press.

    Sanding an aluminium flat bar

    Drilling a hole in aluminium

    Once all sections are ready, I went on and cut a little section of pine wood. I have 35 bars of 1cm width and I want 3mm gap between them so I need:
    35 + (34 * 0.3) = 45.2cm of wood. I added 5cm on each side so the total length is 55cm (rounded down).

    Cutting pine wood on a band saw

    The cut wood is then sanded to clean its surface off all the dirt and stain.

    Sanding wood

    Sanding wood

    With a pencil, I then marked the location of each holes to be drilled on the board. They are spaced 1 + 0.3 = 1.3cm, starting at a bit less than 5cm from the edge.
    Marking the wood

    I then marked a line with a homemade marking gauge. This will make sure my holes will be aligned.

    Homemade marking gauge

    Back onto the drill press to drill those 35 holes with a 2mm bit followed by sanding again to remove all marks on the wood. Before continuing, I applied a layer of oil to the wood to protect it and reveal the grain.

    Drilling holes

    Oiling pine wood

    With a thin fishing line, I started to attached the bar chimes to the wooden frame. It was a bit time consuming to get them aligned enough but I got something acceptable in the end.

    Building my mark tree

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    diy music instrument percussion windchimes

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