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accessible by a wooden wheelchair ramp. It consists of a 3 m x 2.4 m long hardwood deck,
located in the center of the large sandbox on the playground, and is covered with a 6.1 m x
8.2 m green fabric canopy.
The following instruments are attached to wooden beams, steel arches and Plexiglas
walls: a 56 cm Chinese Lion Wind Gong, three Tubanos in different sizes (large, medium,
small), a Kid’s Floor Drum with a 20 cm x 25 cm Head, Kid’s Bongos with a 13 cm x 15 cm
Heads, a High Head, a Mini Cabasa, three Sound Tubes made out of PVC pipes of different
lengths, one 71 cm Marching Drum and an 53 cm Ocean Drum. Twenty-centimeter-long
wooden dowels, wrapped on one quarter of an end with compressed foam material were used
as a drumstick to activate the instruments. Using a spatula to hit the pipes on the top
activated the Sound Tubes. The drumsticks were stored in two wooden boxes, attached to a
wooden beam next to the PVC pipes and the drums. All instruments were donated from
West Music and local musicians or built by the investigator. A CD player stand, as well as a
step for the cymbal, was added during the intervention. For the purposes of the study, the
second musical station of the Sound Path, a xylophone, was moved to the Music Hut. Figure
6.2 shows a panorama view of the Music Hut.
Figure 6.2. Panorama view of the outdoor music center (Music Hut), showing the
instruments and construction.
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