Technical Questions

Hi Everybody,

Hey everyone, I am new to the site and pretty new to the vibraphone. I am excited to be able to get some ideas and learn from this site.

I have dual citizenship and have been living in Brazil for the past five years. I studied in highschool with Jason Adasiewicz in chicago but stopped when i moved to brazil in 2009. I just got an M55 while in the states working this summer and want to bring it back with me to Brazil.

I have a 594 Deagan Commander and would like to get some slower vibrato than what is currently available.

It seems a smaller pulley (i think that's the right term for the round brass deal attached to the motor's shaft) would do the trick.

Am i right in thinking that's a viable way to go about it? If so can anyone make recommendations on what size pulley to go with and where i might acquire one?

Thanks so much.

I just bought a Deagan Commander recently, the version with the pickups installed (a 594, in other words), but I'm thinking about removing them. I have another set of vibes I've been using on gigs until now and I've never needed pickups, always using mics, and the ones on this instrument just sound kind of bad - there's a really loud thud when you strike a note. It's also a hassle removing the notes from the frame and replacing them with having to plug and unplug so many connectors - I know you're supposed to leave them on but the frame is too heavy to carry around that way, I find.

I need to retune the resonators of an old Century Vibe. Is there a solvent I should use to loosen any adhesive which might have been used on the caps?

The screws come out easily enough, but the end caps seem to have been fixed to the shaft. Perhaps first expanded by heating and then cooled to fit. There also seems to be a small pin passing through the end cap. Perhaps I have to knock it through with a drift.

Thanks
Mark

Can any one tell me how wide and long the Mallet Kat pad is. I just purchased the Pro, but I don't have it yet. They have to make it.

Also, I'm going from a Musser Pro traveler and I'm looking for tips on the adjustment from the F three octaves to the C three octaves. Thank you

hello. i recently acquired a DEAGAN 64 Imperial marimba (loving it!) and would like to see what if any options i have for cases for the bars. i'm not interested in a full set of cases for the frame/rail/resonators as i'm just gigging locally. but i would like a little more protection (and something a little classier)than carry them around in a wrapped up blanket.

thanks.

Hey I will never give up my amazing Musser One-Nighter but getting the components up and down stairs and into other tight spaces doing gigs in NYC galleries and performance spaces, I have been seeking some relief via a small, electronic instrument. In my 50s now and I am developing an assortment of shoulder problems. I have tried Malletkat and didn't like the pads and so after investigation bought the XyloSynth.

So, I just recently learned that Deagan used some other non metal material for their resonators for their WWII era marimbas!

Does anyone know what they were made of or how they sound? I've been corresponding w someone who's a distance away and has one for sale, but w/o being able to play it/hear it...well, i have some serious reservations about what this instrument might sound like.

thoughts?

thanks in advance.