Want to play the xylophone but don’t want to learn how? [Rachad]’s automatic xylophone might be just the ticket. It uses homemade solenoids to play tunes under computer control. Think of it as ...

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 ...