Musical Playground Demo Bill Buchen explains the instruments from Pompano Drum Circle, Earth Drum, Djembe Drum, Tambor, Bata and Berimbau. All stainless steel, durable and strong. designed for all ages

Musical Playground Demo 2

Bill Buchen plays Triple Play & Talking Drum From Bradenton River Walk. All stainless steel, durable and strong. designed for all ages

Sombres y Luz
(Shadows and Light)

TV interview for new public art project in Cleveland Square Park, El Paso, Texas

Djembes & Earth Drum

A trio of Djembe drums, each tuned to a different pitch, encircle an Earth drum that is played with the feet. All stainless steel, durable and strong. designed for all ages

Turtle Drum : based the Aztec instrument Ayotl (drum made from a turtle shell). This is a hemisphere with vibrating tongues similar to a log drum. Its form refers to the turtle common to Native American mythology. It has also been used by many Native American Tribes. Fabricated of powder coated steel. Available in any color combination

Drum Tables & Seats: A trio of tables with two seats celebrating African drumming traditions and inviting communal music making. Based on an archetypal drum shape known as the Dumbek. The seats also function as drums. Available as single sets of one table and two seats. All stainless steel, durable and strong. designed for all ages

Talking Drums: With names that mimic their tones, the quinto, tumba, and conga comprise a classic Afro-Cuban drum ensemble. All stainless steel, durable and strong. designed for all ages

Communal Drum: Drum based on Native American and South East Asian archetypes. Five seats also function as drums for communal music making. All stainless steel, durable and strong. designed for all ages

Sun Drums: These drum shapes emphasize the low tones of drums found in percussion ensembles throughout the world. They derive from the archetypal shape of frame drums found throughout Asia, Africa, India, and the Americas. All stainless steel, durable and strong. designed for all ages

Kids Drums:
With names that mimic their tones, the quinto, tumba, conga, bata, atabaque, djembe, and pow wow drums comprise a world rhythm ensemble that is especially designed to develop smaller children’s skills with percussive music making. All stainless steel, durable and strong. designed for all ages

World Drums
celebrate global rhythmic traditions and invites communal music making. Drums like these may be found in Haiti, Brazil, The Caribbean, and Mexico. Stainless Steel or Bronze. All stainless steel, durable and strong. designed for all ages

Drum Circle: celebrates global rhythm traditions and invites communal music making. With names that mimic their tones, the quinto, tumba, and conga comprise a classic Afro-Cuban ensemble. A trio of Djembe drums, each tuned to a different pitch, encircle an Earth drum that is played with the feet. Sun drums add low tones to the groove. Backed by an 8 foot diameter reflecting dish. Stainless steel or bronze.

Telephone Tubes:Children explore active play and communication through tubes interconnected underground in pairs. They hear how the sound of their voices is affected by the resonant frequency of the tubes when they whisper, sing, or speak through the open ends. Powder coated steel

Speaking / Listening Dish
Children speak or listen through dishes inter- connected at distances up to 150 feet. The dishes focus sound waves at the listener’s ear. Below ground chambers can also function as ‘echo chambers’. Powder coated and stainless steel 5’ X 4’ X 2’

Slapped Pipes are activated both by the public and by the wind. They consist of a radial configuration of vertical pipes tuned to a 2 octave five-note (pentatonic) scale. When the open ends of the pipes are slapped with beach sandals or the flat of the hand, percussive tones of the scale are produced. The resonant frequency of the pipes can also be heard by listening at the open ends. Each pipe has a different harmonic. The forerunner of this instrument is a series of hollowed out bamboo tubes found in the Solomon Islands of Micronesia. They were left in situ and turned bamboo groves into singing forests. It is also related to the Chinese Sheng; a musical instrument made of bamboo pipes. 17’ X 2 1/2’

Parabolic Bench:
In the acoustic space between two parabolic dishes, sounds are focused, reflected and then stopped with a wave of the hand. Children discover principles of sound reflection when they hear their voices amplified in the space between the two dishes. Available with a trapezoidal base or parabolic bench. Stainless steel and concrete.

Star Sphere
Celestial Globe depicting constellations over any locale.
Lit by utility light with 20,000 hour duty rating. Timer activated to turn on at night. Stainless Steel
Dimensions: 3’ X 3’ X 3.5’

Boomerang Seat
Based on archetypal aeronautical forms
Stainless steel pipe and
perforated plate
Dimensions: 10’ X 3’ X 1.5’

Sun Clock
(heliochronometer)
oriented east-west
The angle of the dial
points to the celestial pole.
Stainless steel or bronze
Dimensions: 5.5’ X 5’ X 5’

Saturn Seat
Celestial globe and rings of Saturn depicting constellations over any
locale. Stainless steel Dimension: 6’ X 12’ X 12’