This is the final step of our DIY vibraphone bar project.
http://www.wyndorps.de/E_index.htm

Summary:
At first I was most afraid of fine-tuning and in the end it is a very simple process that follows logical considerations.

We actually only "lost" one bar when trying to tune at all - just by testing different things.

Had a little time between students while teaching online today so I picked a song and focused on a specific task. The task was incorporating scalar lines/runs with a variety of stickings including alternate strokes as well as combination sticking. Also, starting and ending the runs in different places of the measure. The tune is Jobim’s “Triste”. Again, it’s practice and a work in progress.

There is a vibraphone thread here...

Last summer I acquired a 4.3 Octave Musser Marimba from my aunt she bought in 1963. She saved all the papers and one of them was a catalog that had the price for both the marimba and a Musser Century which were $925, $1150 respectively (pic of catalog page attached). Since the M-55 is not in the catalog, I assume it was made sometime after that.

Here are the informations to step 6 of our DIY bar production.
Please go to
http://wyndorps.de/E_index.htm
and follow Step 6.

In this post I am focussing on anodizing of the bar.

And the second recording by Roland Stolk on his new Layolo vibraphone.

This is the first recording by Roland Stolk on his new Layolo vibraphone.