Musical Playground, (sculpture).

Musical Playground, (sculpture).

Anderson, Bond, sculptor.

Musical Playground, (sculpture).

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Wood, metal and PVC pipe.

2 parts. (Part 1: approx. H. 7ft. 11 1/2 in.) (Part 2: approx. W. 13 1/2 ft.)

An abstract sculpture built for children to play on that is composed of homemade musical instruments that make sounds. The sculpture consists of two components constructed mostly of unpainted, treated wooden four by fours. One component features three xylophones which seem to radiate out from a central vertical member with PVC pipes of varying lengths located beneath each metal piece. The second component, a tri-level wooden structure, contains seven wooden drums and two sets of PVC palm pipes. Four windpipes may have been removed from the structure. All of the instruments were tuned to an African scale and could produce a five-tone scale at one time.

Architecture -- Other -- Playground

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Xylophone

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Drum

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Flute

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Nevils

Administered by Bulloch County Board of Education, 500 Northside Drive, East, Statesboro, Georgia 30458

Located Nevils Elementary School, Nevils, Georgia

The sculpture project was sponsored by the Georgia Council for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Bulloch County Board of Education. Materials were funded by the Nevils Elementary Parent Teacher Organization. The sculpture was designed by the artist for children to use and was constructed with assistance from Nevils Elementary School students through the Artist-in-Education program. Community members and Board of Education maintenance personnel also assisted. Children play on the sculpture and experiment with music by making sounds with the instruments.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993.

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