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William Moersch
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J.C. Deagan made the first extended range marimbas back in the early 1900's, e.g. #4732 Marimba-Xylo (6-octaves, E2-E8, 1910) and Nabimba (5-octave, C2-C7, buzz resonators, 1920).
C.O.Musser designed marimbas for Deagan in the 1930's, including the Century of Progress (1933) and International Marimba Symphony Orchestra "King George" (1935) series, but there were no unified 5-octave instruments. The Musser Canterbury (A2-C7, 1948) was the first production 4.3 instrument.
Yamaha made the first modern generation of production extended range marimbas: YM-5000 (F2-C7, 1974) and YM-6000 (C2-C7, 1984), although Saburou Mizuno built a custom 7-octave instrument (C1-C8) for Michiko Takahashi in 1979.
Doug Demorrow was probably the first in the U.S. to build a 5-octave, although it's possible that Del Roper may have, too. Malletech did not exist until 1990, and the modern Musser 5-octave was one of the last on the market.
WM
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