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 a ...

Born in 1903 in Bloomington, the story goes that a 3-year-old Julia became enamored with the percussionist in the orchestra pit of a silent movie/ vaudeville house in Bloomington. She especially ...

Although an accomplished, classically trained musician, Bloomington’s Julia LeBeau was best known as the maestro of the tin can xylophone. Born in 1903 in Bloomington, the story goes that a three-year ...