[4752]Tuning standard these days? (267 reads)	2005-10-23 14:39:24

Junko Sakimura Joined: 2005-2-13 From: Posts: 3 My student has recently acquired a new Yamaha YM-410D 4-octave marimba. When it arrived, I went to the student's house and listened to it, which just did not sound right. I could hear the distinct ham/beat. I made a phone call to Yamaha about the tuning. The answer by Mr. Soejima was: "YM-410D, according to the internal standard, lower two actaves are tuned to the 4th partial, but above that is tuned fuzzy. This is the case even to YM-6000." Later, he made a correction that YM-6000 is tuned to 10th partial. Hmmm... According to the catalog, YM-410D uses Top grade Honduras Rose Wood and uses S-curve tuning etc., which gives me an impression that it is an instrument with certain quality. I used to think that Marimba were tuned better than that, but is this the norm now a days? Junko http://www.cimbalom.net/ Remote Host: host-15.marimba.org

[4752]Tuning standard these days? <Junko Sakimura>	2005-10-23 14:39:24
[4753]Re:Tuning standard these days? <Bill Youhass>	2005-10-23 22:47:28
[4759]Re:Re:Tuning standard these days? <Junko Sakimura>	2005-10-26 20:51:21