Pupil Tessa Rowed with one of the instruments
PUPILS at Marlborough School, Woodstock, built instruments for an orchestra entirely from scrap metal, drain pipes and other waste materials.
They were tackling a project set by Craig McConnel, the school’s art co-ordinator, to explore the creation of sound in 1989.
It proved so successful that it earned a prime spot on the BBC’s popular Blue Peter programme, where the class were invited to explain to viewers how they made their unusual and highly inventive instruments.
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