https://www.tinkertunes.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-07-14 https://www.tinkertunes.com/blog/my-friction-harp-story monthly 0.5 2026-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/6d642f5c-3e4d-4cb8-9aa8-5ac36364b362/Deagan+Aluminum+Harp Notes from Tom - My Friction Harp Story - Make it stand out A set of Deagan’s Friction Chimes, now in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/d187e83c-45c5-4fbb-ad8c-6e392b04d5f2/1st+FrictionHarp.png Notes from Tom - My Friction Harp Story - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.tinkertunes.com/blog/my-story-of-rock-music monthly 0.5 2026-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/8dd4c838-a9f8-4042-99db-babfe19e207d/sc02ee9548.jpeg Notes from Tom - My story of Rock Music - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.tinkertunes.com/blog/upright-furniture-co monthly 0.5 2026-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1615163826042-BXUW570SBPGLOZCR32LM/5.jpg Notes from Tom - The Upright Furniture Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1615163852135-YJVEXB1I2E8ZHSQ30H79/8.jpg Notes from Tom - The Upright Furniture Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1615163852244-SF8REZXCCSNNJMFEQ59A/7.jpg Notes from Tom - The Upright Furniture Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1615163852923-TVOS42LLT9O9O66DR1MN/6.jpg Notes from Tom - The Upright Furniture Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1615164235635-TIT18BICXYOK99CZY80X/Two-Thirds+Oak+Desk Notes from Tom - The Upright Furniture Company Two-thirds of a piano, Oak Desk https://www.tinkertunes.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1609451427342-22L5327CCOFNO2KO6ILC/IMG_3036.JPG Contact https://www.tinkertunes.com/tom-kaufmann daily 0.75 2026-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1592189424072-GG3N97G98ABECKU77LIO/junkyard%252B2.jpg About Tom - Artist Statement One of my favorite places to visit? Junkyards. Rusty wrenches, brake drums, old oxygen tanks, scrap pieces of stone: all the perfect objects to create music. I have spent hours picking through piles of discarded junk, tapping on everything and anything, and searching for the pieces that sound the most unique when struck with a mallet. I began making musical instruments with the vision of 1) creating something that absolutely anyone is able to play (with or without musical training, any age, in a stroller, walking or in a wheelchair....... no limitations), 2) encouraging musical interest with instruments that are easy, interactive and fun, and 3) demonstrating how instruments do not need to be expensive and may be made out of nearly anything. My career began with performing music for others and has since evolved into a mission of creating opportunities in which others are able to perform their own music. My hope in making my instruments, is that anyone and everyone may experience the joy of making and sharing music, as I have experienced throughout my life. https://www.tinkertunes.com/home daily 1.0 2026-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1592187881940-XQNX2HIMB0IPG8U1RCJB/Kinderbells2.jpg Home - Musical Sculptures Explore Tom’s variety of unique, handmade musical instruments, made out of recycled materials: KinderBells Walk of Grace & Let Freedom Ring Bell Circles Music Go Round Lithophones Friction Harp Junkyard Music Box Toolbox Glockenspiel and more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1597066905116-I0DPN3KHQCRGN520DAJC/IMG_2777.jpg Home - Your Name Rings a Bell In 2001, these totally unique gifts were created by Tom Kaufmann in Traverse City, Michigan. Hand-crafted of beautiful highly polished aluminum wire, each name produces its own pleasant bell tone when played. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1615168120972-4G29HGO2LBYSLBBXR5NG/image-asset.jpeg Home - Upright Furniture Co. Started in 1995, the Upright Furniture Company is a collaboration between Tinkertunes Music Studio and Feldkamp Design. Our custom-designed desks are created from the cabinets of old upright pianos that have no value as instruments and would otherwise end up in a landfill. https://www.tinkertunes.com/music-education-performance daily 0.75 2026-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/7c1b68e6-c1b7-445b-9d6a-e369f194d763/slate.jpg Music Education + Performance - Catch him live Tom currently performs at Slate Restaurant, at 250 East Front Street in Traverse City, MI. He also contracts for private parties including corporate holiday parties, birthdays, weddings and various fundraising events. You can hear him at Slate every Thursday , Friday and Saturday from 6pm- 9pm. Except for the following dates: August 29th: David Chown https://www.tinkertunes.com/your-name-rings-a-bell daily 0.75 2021-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1a8d5ab3-84b1-4140-864e-6b81e0cabbb6/IMG_1501.jpeg Your Name Rings a Bell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/6734546d-dc78-4b58-91ae-89e26ccf67ad/IMG_2969.jpg Your Name Rings a Bell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1233652a-1e51-4a73-bff8-9128d72cc3df/54bd694c2c0f2.image.jpg Your Name Rings a Bell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/c399e924-e5cb-4082-a067-a858c69d3718/IMG_2343.jpg Your Name Rings a Bell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1592285660602-LT7TSPVZDUTPPFG9P7VB/109297285_orig.png Your Name Rings a Bell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1592285721004-L1FRRLR3IVVV2QCF75F6/386102_2841021034620_1297247266_n.jpg Your Name Rings a Bell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1592285839893-3KPJ3O4HUX7429L2X4GC/225238696_orig.png Your Name Rings a Bell https://www.tinkertunes.com/music daily 0.75 2025-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/2adf4dcf-610f-4c24-8997-d9ce992253d5/Twinkle+twinkle+little+star.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1caf9afd-9b7f-4a7d-9f57-7b4bb63dc536/Amazing+Grace+on+Kinderbells https://www.tinkertunes.com/home-1 daily 0.75 2026-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1597066905116-I0DPN3KHQCRGN520DAJC/IMG_2777.jpg Home (Copy) - Your Name Rings a Bell In 2001, these totally unique gifts were created by Tom Kaufmann in Traverse City, Michigan. Hand-crafted of beautiful highly polished aluminum wire, each name produces its own pleasant bell tone when played. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1615168120972-4G29HGO2LBYSLBBXR5NG/image-asset.jpeg Home (Copy) - Upright Furniture Co. Started in 1995, the Upright Furniture Company is a collaboration between Tinkertunes Music Studio and Feldkamp Design. Our custom-designed desks are created from the cabinets of old upright pianos that have no value as instruments and would otherwise end up in a landfill. https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/5af00fb2-3ffa-46b3-aa9d-e053a6c1de4c/playlist.m3u8 https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/5af00fb2-3ffa-46b3-aa9d-e053a6c1de4c/thumbnail Home (Copy) Home (Copy) https://www.tinkertunes.com/media daily 0.75 2026-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/e5238531-31c3-42a7-a25e-f80a395294b1/Screenshot+2026-07-08+at+11.19.01%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/4b37557d-40ce-47bc-a273-36f3401001b4/Screenshot+2026-07-08+at+11.35.51%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/89205d9a-f092-40ed-b1a1-006c2c7e4d28/Screenshot+2026-07-08+at+11.41.07%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/22c17ce5-9209-43b5-abf2-39623d66e2d2/FishingLinePark.webp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/5b240423-0c21-4a4d-9c34-fc846e4c7400/Screenshot+2026-07-08+at+11.27.11%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/141f7d55-5d48-45ba-a454-418cfce59f3b/Image+7-13-26+at+10.57%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/937d52f0-2a5c-48c8-b261-cfbba6d35e65/Screenshot+2026-07-09+at+9.22.45%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/6a829e88-7d09-4c55-b799-1c4c538a41e0/Image+7-13-26+at+11.07%E2%80%AFPM.png https://www.tinkertunes.com/gallery-1 daily 0.75 2026-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/2c4b26f3-ffb6-45b2-9ee3-60dea43b0da9/IMG_0627.jpeg Gallery My massive Junkyard Music Box installation at Art Prize in 2012. The drum acts like a giant piano roll, playing the bells above. Or it could be played via MIDI with my keyboard. See my video page for a sample of the instrument in action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/7d4ab303-bc3d-488e-95ad-776f8707908c/IMG_0505-preview.JPG Gallery With my grand daughter, in front of a KinderBells installation. at the Sensory. Garden in the Botanical Gardens of Traverse City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/e03a2c05-6890-49f2-875d-03958c75d323/_MG_6982edit200ppi.jpeg Gallery A toolbox glockenspiel. Some discarded wrenches and bolts made into an instrument. See our video page for a sample tune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1597065647173-AFKRX5SDGDQ51N5FPVZY/superMGR.jpg Gallery Superman, playing The Music Go Round, a circular lithopone fence, in front of the Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum at ArtPrize 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/5f05f314-8d9b-47e2-a544-457a84ce0ab8/Kaufmann_FlowerBell.jpg Gallery A single flower bell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/b691c7d1-09cf-4b21-b265-9b9b2e649971/IMG_5687.jpg Gallery A birds eye view of my 2012 Art Prize installation of the Junkyard Jukebox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/f5f41fd3-4a9f-480d-a74b-5a87069569ed/IMG_0619.jpg Gallery A budding musician, playing a scrap-wood xylophone at ArtPrize 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1597064083836-9M7S3QRY7WOL7TKC5U0V/Kinderbells.jpg Gallery The first visitor after I installed my first set of KinderBells in front of the Grand Rapids Public Museum for ArtPrize 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1592189589592-PBL5GOARB8M6PJGPCY4B/kinderbells3.jpg Gallery Getting interviewed behind a Kinderbell set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/8dd4c838-a9f8-4042-99db-babfe19e207d/sc02ee9548.jpeg Gallery One of my granite and steel lithophones, at the Garoon Gateway to Science https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/ff123397-5977-4e19-8b75-017744863943/sc02eeb2e9.jpg Gallery Listening Tubes at The Garoon Gateway to Science in Lake Zurich, Illinois. Children can place their ear to the ends of the tube, and hear a specific frequency of ambient sound amplified, much like listening to a sea shell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/f9f4248c-fcf2-4497-93ba-d599cb14c1d2/IMG_0596.jpg Gallery Our next great percussionist, playing a lithophone made with granite strips. Grand Rapids' Art Prize 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/41df4c27-3a2b-40e1-b410-daf57fed0c59/RavenH-Litho.jpeg Gallery My first Lithophone installation at Raven Hill Discovery Center in 2009. It is C Major scale, with an additional C6 and D6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/c5fc34be-1ab0-4a1e-b5f3-27bbca2cdf88/P_20171101_105201.jpeg Gallery Another granite lithophone.. This one is at a special needs center in Taiwan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/e0213240-745a-49df-8aa5-223fd395e9c7/music+3.jpeg Gallery A Tile-a-Phone, a lithophone made from granite floor tile . Part of the collection at Princeton University's Children's Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/f787d8b4-1069-42ce-84ec-6ea0086b003f/picture.jpeg Gallery One of my friction harps, made from aluminum rods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1615163852135-YJVEXB1I2E8ZHSQ30H79/8.jpg Gallery Piano Desk Music Work Station 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/c4a3b1b9-4fa7-4bab-9ca3-60c3a1391b20/_DSC0106.jpeg Gallery Demonstrating a friction harp for students in Waterford Ireland for the 2009 Inagine Arts Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/4eba9bbe-1d09-4df8-8e1f-13d748dce30c/bird+in+hand.jpg Gallery A Bird in the Hand.. Do you know what it's worth? One of my pandemic projects was purchasing a CabKing stone polishing machine, and leaning how to polish and shape my Petoskey stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1783713452477-JSDB6ZE5833AVLKSTJ32/handballs.jpg Gallery The Chinese call these "bao-ding" balls. I made these by hand, without a sphere shaping machine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1783713737258-2YE8X3UDI4YM6307DALP/spamotasphere.jpg Gallery This sphere and it's base are made of Stromatoporoid, a fossilized sea sponge from 350 million years ago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1783713902904-ANZLKEK9J5ZJXLJ3IUCG/favoshere.jpg Gallery This is Favosite, also called Charlevoix Stone, another fossilized colony coral from the Devonian Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/be61b12b-b28e-43a7-94b2-46b2fb95599e/chx+stone.jpg Gallery Another Favosite or Charlevoix stone, with a quartz inclusion. We named this stone The Eye of God https://www.tinkertunes.com/social-media daily 0.75 2026-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/a991a421-7ba6-4f3d-8c97-5971416d874e/IMG_1146.jpeg https://www.tinkertunes.com/sculpture-info daily 0.75 2026-07-14 https://www.tinkertunes.com/sculpture-info/toolbox-glockenspiel monthly 0.5 2026-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/927360bb-8e0a-429d-9456-c2c585405b9d/IMG_2581.jpeg Sculpture Info - Toolbox Glockenspiel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/579d675d-6564-4c80-b9a8-ffe56badffb4/unnamed.jpg Sculpture Info - Toolbox Glockenspiel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/e03a2c05-6890-49f2-875d-03958c75d323/_MG_6982edit200ppi.jpeg Sculpture Info - Toolbox Glockenspiel https://www.tinkertunes.com/sculpture-info/lithophones monthly 0.5 2026-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/e0213240-745a-49df-8aa5-223fd395e9c7/music+3.jpeg Sculpture Info - Lithophone A Tile-o-Phone made with granite floor tile, one of the two lithopones commissioned by the Cotsen Children's Library at Princeton University for their 2013 "Journey to the Center of the Earth" event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/4e7f0beb-261f-4e54-a3a1-3eba97dae1bd/princetonrocks.png Sculpture Info - Lithophone Raw unfinished stone Lithophone made for Princeton's Cotsen Children's Library. It is part of the geosciences collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/8dd4c838-a9f8-4042-99db-babfe19e207d/sc02ee9548.jpeg Sculpture Info - Lithophone Granite on stainless steel Lithophone. Part of the collection at the JCC Garoon Gateway to Science in Lake Zurich, Illinois https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/c5fc34be-1ab0-4a1e-b5f3-27bbca2cdf88/P_20171101_105201.jpeg Sculpture Info - Lithophone My first international commission, this lithophone is at a special needs school, in Taichung City, Taiwan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/a828db97-fdc3-4338-9f5e-723c2b5c47c8/IMG_6128.jpeg Sculpture Info - Lithophone A small portable lithophone, made for the traveling exhibits of Raven Hill Discovery Center https://www.tinkertunes.com/sculpture-info/music-go-round monthly 0.5 2026-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1597065647173-AFKRX5SDGDQ51N5FPVZY/superMGR.jpg Sculpture Info - Music Go Round https://www.tinkertunes.com/sculpture-info/friction-harp monthly 0.5 2026-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/d187e83c-45c5-4fbb-ad8c-6e392b04d5f2/1st+FrictionHarp.png Sculpture Info - Friction Harp My first Friction Harp. It looks very much like a dipole antenna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/c4a3b1b9-4fa7-4bab-9ca3-60c3a1391b20/_DSC0106.jpeg Sculpture Info - Friction Harp In 2009, I was invited to be involved with the Imagine Arts Festival in Waterford, Ireland. As part of that event I did programs at several elementary schools, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/6599a121-2ea5-4c74-898c-10bb586639e3/IMG_0533.jpeg Sculpture Info - Friction Harp A treble friction harp, commissioned for a piece composed by a percussionist for the Grand Rapids Symphony https://www.tinkertunes.com/sculpture-info/junkyard-music-box monthly 0.5 2026-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/2c7efd21-b94a-4628-9070-fb2672720821/IMG_0605.jpg Sculpture Info - Junkyard Music Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/f5f41fd3-4a9f-480d-a74b-5a87069569ed/IMG_0619.jpg Sculpture Info - Junkyard Music Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/9391992f-7e05-448b-a934-9546059985fe/IMG_0601.jpg Sculpture Info - Junkyard Music Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/03853dc2-65fd-41a1-82e1-97685377f019/IMG_0570.jpg Sculpture Info - Junkyard Music Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1597064328992-Z773GS2W0TZY5JK40S25/junkyard%2Bmusic%2Bbox.jpg Sculpture Info - Junkyard Music Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/f9f4248c-fcf2-4497-93ba-d599cb14c1d2/IMG_0596.jpg Sculpture Info - Junkyard Music Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/b691c7d1-09cf-4b21-b265-9b9b2e649971/IMG_5687.jpg Sculpture Info - Junkyard Music Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/2c4b26f3-ffb6-45b2-9ee3-60dea43b0da9/IMG_0627.jpeg Sculpture Info - Junkyard Music Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/bb35233a-c340-4563-9c2f-4d9247026273/IMG_0633.jpg Sculpture Info - Junkyard Music Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1683054595999-EK9L8M2MQESSSOP75W2D/IMG_0621.jpg Sculpture Info - Junkyard Music Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/8da134c6-a26d-4b68-aa45-6c421dcff84f/IMG_0577.jpg Sculpture Info - Junkyard Music Box https://www.tinkertunes.com/sculpture-info/kinderbells monthly 0.5 2026-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/bbb8bc47-c936-40d4-9353-2b136b98be4d/0614001431.jpg Sculpture Info - Kinderbells Musical Sculpture My first set of tuned bells made from recycled oxygen tanks, as part of Raven Hill Discovery Center's Music Garden 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/83b6a4f7-238f-48d8-bdf2-ec3073f48b5d/DSCN2259.jpg Sculpture Info - Kinderbells Musical Sculpture The second set of bells I made, and the first octave. This set was installed in the playground of Petoskey Central Elementary School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1de06eda-9400-4853-9426-67b01480ee16/IMG_0849.jpeg Sculpture Info - Kinderbells Musical Sculpture The second design for KinderBells 2013, using steel pipe to replace the wooden posts. This was commissioned by Petoskey's Taylor School for Exceptional Learners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/cea7d8be-9734-4610-af7e-5fb5de20595e/WP_20130716_003.jpeg Sculpture Info - Kinderbells Musical Sculpture Students at Taylor School using the first set of clappers made from golf balls, which were added to the bells shortly after installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/08fbbc69-85cf-4419-bbb0-5f3b65ab80eb/IMG_3506.jpg Sculpture Info - Kinderbells Musical Sculpture The next evolution of the bells flipped the frame, so that the bells were suspended from above, and the newly designed clappers could swing freely. This set is at NMC's child care center in Traverse City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/fa40f157-191b-4857-9b97-06d260992a39/IMG_0939.jpeg Sculpture Info - Kinderbells Musical Sculpture Inspired by the new hanging design, I created a scale model of my musical flower garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/be580d95-bad3-4d78-955e-ccfc43775017/IMG_1071.jpeg Sculpture Info - Kinderbells Musical Sculpture Terran Hansen from Ace Weldding and I with the first flower garden bell stand 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/a991a421-7ba6-4f3d-8c97-5971416d874e/IMG_1146.jpeg Sculpture Info - Kinderbells Musical Sculpture The first KinderBells Musical Flower Garden in front of the Grand Rapids Public Museum at ArtPrize 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/1597064083836-9M7S3QRY7WOL7TKC5U0V/Kinderbells.jpg Sculpture Info - Kinderbells Musical Sculpture The first visitor at Art Prize 2013 to play the Musical Flower Garden design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee6cb70e14a516ae387cc0c/3b9637ef-8906-4e1c-9b93-d9ae36b5dc41/KB1.jpeg Sculpture Info - Kinderbells Musical Sculpture The First Musical Flower Garden https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures daily 0.75 2026-07-13 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/friction-harps monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/kinderbells monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/lithophones monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/toolbox-and-junkyard monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/walking-bells monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/lithophone-demo monthly 0.5 2026-07-13 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/flipflopophone monthly 0.5 2026-07-14 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/brake-dance-music monthly 0.5 2026-07-12 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/musicgoround monthly 0.5 2026-07-12 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/d22jyywp6d2pcppb9ttyw4tz5tjgdt monthly 0.5 2026-07-12 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/raven-hill-discovery-centers-music-garden monthly 0.5 2026-07-11 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/kinderbells-kinder-chaos monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/friction-harp-water-is-wide monthly 0.5 2026-07-14 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/petoskey-stone-lithophone-meet-the-flintstones monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/junkyard-music-box monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/toolbox-glockenspiel monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/lithophone-in-the-childrens-garden monthly 0.5 2026-07-13 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/amazing-grace-on-kinderbells monthly 0.5 2026-07-14 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/walk-of-grace monthly 0.5 2026-07-07 https://www.tinkertunes.com/musical-sculptures/v/let-freedom-ring monthly 0.5 2026-07-07