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The Flying Amadinda's thirteen 20mm by 90mm bars are suspended between a sturdy frame and its overall length is 1.8m. Coated steel cable Suspending the bars is maintainence -free. The bars are made of weather - resistant ipe from sustainable sources. It is tuned to C major in the pentatonic scale.

The xylophone (from the greek Words ξύλο (wood) and φωνή  (voice), meaning  'wooden sound') is a member of the percussion family which historians believe to haveoriginatedin indonesia. It is likely that the xylophone reached Europe during the crusades and the earliest historical reference in europe is in the 16th century germany i n organist arnold schlick's spiegel der orgelmacher und organisten. [2] The earliest known model was in the 9th century in southeast asia (however, a model of a hanging wood instrument exists, dated to ca. 2000 BC in china.) The xylophone is a precursor to the viraphone, which was developed in the 1920s.

Like other products , the flying amadinda has been inspected by the play inspection compnay who have confirmed its compliance with EN1176. Spare parts are avaliable to order.