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Glen Dalrymple makes the quietest instrument I own. Well, not entirely true, but he rebuilt my M48 and it is now a beautiful instrument.

Behn and I were messing around with the m55 and m48*GD (Glenn Dalrymple). We found some things that made the m55 quieter but my rebuilt instrument was very very quiet.

If you have a new m55 don't just tighten the big nut above the pedal, tighten the one below it. As I found out. That did make my instrument quieter.

I've been working on the 2013 workshop for about three hours now. It sucks doing all the administrative stuff or something like this, I want to shoot myself.

ONE IMPORTANT NOTE:

DUESSELDORF AIRPORT (WEEZE) IS ABOUT 1 HOUR AWAY. YOU MUST TAKE A BUS FROM THERE.

THE BEST AIRPORT IS DUESSLDORF (MAIN AIRPORT). ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE IS COLOGNE AIRPORT. YOU WOULD THEN COME TO DUSSELDORF BY TRAIN.

Email Matthias for any question: post@mallet-institute.com

The vibraphone is a strange instrument. Part doorbell, part piano, part percussion, with ornamental parts that don’t really do much and an electric motor to boot.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/01/09/4000499/jazz-town-vibraphone-gives…

So, for those of you who don't know me that well, it will suffice to say that after years of pretty much only playing jazz on the vibes (occassionally working with some R&B or latin groups)I began to play music in and around the yoga community about 5 years ago.

I thought Tony's simple question was so funny, that I decided to do another one. Here it is:

When you have a gig, how many times do you check to make sure you have every part of the vibraphone?

WHY IS IT EVERYTIME I PUT MY STICKS ON THE VIBES, ONE.... ONLY ONE..... MALLET FALLS OFF. EVERY TIME.

THAT'S IT. JUST A QUESTION. BOY IT PISSES ME OFF.

Recently I have noticed, when on the Internet, on almost any page I visit whether it be a bulletin board or just pages browsing the Internet, there always seems to be certain key words that are highlighted in color and double underscored. These words do not have to be clicked on to activate. If you just pass your mouse cursor over the underscored words, then an annoying or unwanted ad pops up that appear to be sponsored by "QwikLinx". Move the cursor away and they go away in a couple of seconds or you can click the x box in upper right corner.

I can get some free housing with Matthais' friends. He said it wouldn't be a problem If you want the free housing email me tonymiceli@gmail.com. Not sure how many spots he can find, but iI know it's a few.

I'm selling one of my M55s. No motor and in good shape.

If you're seriously interested you can email me for more info at tonymiceli@gmail.com.

I'm in Philadelphia, PA. Wouldn't know how to ship it so that's probably not a great idea.