strings that hold the bars

Dear Marimba Players!

Following the success of the International Marimba Festival Linz 2004 and the Marimba Competition 2006 in Linz the Classic Concert Music Group – in collaboration with the renowned University Mozarteum and Summeracademy Mozarteum Salzburg – is hosting an International Marimba Competition for marimbists of all ages and nationalities under the artistic direction of the internationally known marimba virtuoso Bogdan Bacanu.

The competition will take place at the Mozarteum Salzburg from July 26th to the 1st of August 2009 in Salzburg – the historical Austrian city, home of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Candidates will play in front of a jury comprised of many of the world’s leading marimba artists and musical personalities, as well as industry professionals such as concert organisers, artist managers, record labels and instrument manufacturers, providing the chance to open up many new and exciting career opportunities.

Thank you for visiting our website. We would be more than happy to welcome you to Salzburg in 2009.

Warmest regards from Salzburg,
Michael Preibisch
Classic Concert Music Group

www.MarimbaFestival.at

Mont! You can find here:
http://www.esz.mgsdcc.com/it/sc_edz.lasso?-Search&-Database=edz_esz&-Table=base&id=346408

Best wishes,
Gabor Palotas

ONE CORRECTION:

Percussion Ensembles, #38 was included in error.

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLES — 96 Titles: $250.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

-KCMarimba

Hello Folks-

I’m a percussionist of many years who lucked into a fine old Deagan model 330 “Stu-Dette” marimba, a tiny one for sure at 2.5 octaves.

The bars are in fantastic shape, I will probably replace the grommets too but the big issue was this: the resonators are cardboard and it was missing the tubes (broken off) for the low C# and D#.

I’m a fix it guy, I do repairs on all sorts of instruments so I thought this would be fun to tackle.

I found 2 cardboard tubes the right diameter, I cut some aluminum caps for the bottoms, and I found a formula online for measuring resonator length for each pitch. I even found some paint that closely matches the paint on the other tubes.

Got it all together….the two replaced resonators aren’t quite as resonant.

Is it the cap on the tube? Should it be brass? Should the insides of the tubes be painted to be more reflective (this I thought of after I glued the caps on so I could only paint about half of the inside)? Should I use PVC or something as a reso tube? Or, could my calculations be off?

My resonators measure 30.8cm for the C# and 27.6cm for the D#.

Any leads would be great!

thanks

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