@[email protected] to [email protected] • edit-21 year agoA Marimba I built last year - took me a bit over half a year to complete. 61 keys made of Padauk, all hand-tuned, on a frame of Red Oak and Walnutlemmy.mlimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up173arrow-down1imageA Marimba I built last year - took me a bit over half a year to complete. 61 keys made of Padauk, all hand-tuned, on a frame of Red Oak and Walnutlemmy.ml@[email protected] to [email protected] • edit-21 year agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-square@quixotic120link1•1 year agoThanks for this. I have an old busted premier marimba with fiberglass keys and a few are cracked. Maybe I’ll make a new set because the frame and resonators and still in decent shape. Although I am sure the tuning process was a nightmare! How did you finish the keys?
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink1•1 year agoThis old blog has all the info you’ll need http://www.lafavre.us/tuning-marimba.htm I used a bandsaw or router to cut out the rough arc, then a belt sander to fine tune
minus-square@quixotic120link1•1 year agoOh thanks but I meant like did you stain them or use oil on them or whatever ha
Thanks for this. I have an old busted premier marimba with fiberglass keys and a few are cracked. Maybe I’ll make a new set because the frame and resonators and still in decent shape. Although I am sure the tuning process was a nightmare!
How did you finish the keys?
This old blog has all the info you’ll need http://www.lafavre.us/tuning-marimba.htm
I used a bandsaw or router to cut out the rough arc, then a belt sander to fine tune
Oh thanks but I meant like did you stain them or use oil on them or whatever ha
Ah, I did a double coat of tung oil!