The goal of the first full day of building was to make significant construction progress on each instrument. We were each assigned an instrument to work, however, that day it was raining. This meant the we would have to wait to cut any wood until the weather improved or walk down to the engineering classroom.
The most significant progress was done of the xylophone. The previous class the frame of a leaf had been made from two thin sheets of metal. This class it had been attached more permanently and the base was added. The xylophone was the first instrument we could see already taking shape.
The next instrument was the metal drum flower. Instead of maracas, as I previously thought, the petals of the flower would be hit. All of the petals we cut out and two of them we spray painted. In order to attach the petals the wooden stand, metal pieces were cut. They were thicker than petals, an inch wide, and a foot wide. They were also very hard to cut. About three of our members had to spend a good amount of time cut the metal was a hand saw. After they were done I would take the pieces of metal and sand down the edges to make them easier to work with.
As for the drum, there was not much that could be done. Like I mentioned before, it was raining, so we couldn't cut any bigger pieces of wood (the entire drum is made out of wood). Instead the people and I assigned to the drums made a 3-D model of it, then made the outline for the petals on the wood. This would speed up the construction process once we had the opportunity to cut wood.
I felt that much more could have been done, but I can't help the weather. However making the 3-D model did give us a more definite goal to work towards. And I didn't waste my time, I helped the other group members with their instruments.
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