A workshop for parents and children involving hand-made musical instruments was held March 30 as a public service activity of the Min-On Music Museum. Some 200 parents and children took part in the event， which was conducted by five professional musicians， including Hiroyuki Murase. The teachers demonstrated how to make musical instruments out of familiar daily objects. For example， they fashioned a recorder by hollowing out and opening finger holes in a carrot， and made a drum by stretching tape over a bucket. The children expressed surprise and delight as each creation was produced. With advice from the instructors， all of the parents and children made a one-stringed harp from a tambourine using a slat of bamboo and string. During the second part of the event， participants gave a performance using the instruments that they had made.