Maintenance

I just purchased an old (1940s?) Ludwig vibraphone. It has a Bodine motor with an attachment that looks to me like a friction speed control. There is a knob you twist that presses a felt pad against a spinning disk to, I guessing, slow the motor and change the speed of the rotation of the butterflies. There are some other parts on the motor shaft that I think are heat sinks. I am thinking of cannibalizing the Ludwig to use the motor on another vibe set I have (can't tell you what it is because I bought it used and it has no identifying marks of any kind).

Greetings,

Just took delivery of a new Musser M55. Very excited!

The assembly went smoothly with the exception of the damper bar. It doesn't hook into the sides of frame firmly/properly. I'm hoping I'm doing nothing wrong, or there is some kind of fix or work-around?

Any ideas?

Thanks!

jazzdad6705

Hi All,

I'm trying to find out information on the exact wheels for the Musser Pro-Vibe M55 as I have had one of the wheels go missing in transit at one of my schools.

Does anyone know if they have a specific model number or name... or better yet where to get them from easily?

Whilst I'm on the topic, I like the M48 Pro traveller wheels much better and would be keen to track down a set of them to replace on my personal instrument....

Any leads?

james

Hi All- Having some bad troubles with the motor on my M46, hoping someone could point me in a useful direction.

Hi .-)

I got a used Adams VSWV31 Soloist vibe and it sounds great (...and yeah, all bars are in tune !).

Because the bar cords were very worn out, i got a new set... Which leads me to the question if there is any advice on setting a proper bar cord tension? How much tension should be on the cord springs? Are there any 'thumb-rules'?

best regards, Jenzz

Looking forward to working with you all on this forum again: reminds me back to the old glory days of the vibe.net
Indeed Tony has been pushing me a lot to do this. Not that I never wanted to, but just didn't find the right moment to start.

Feel free to ask whatever, but do realize that I cannot answer everything, e.g. don'ask for an opinion on brands, etc.

Topics could be like:
- My F5 sounds dead, what do I do about it?
- How come, you're building vibes?
- My wheels fall out of my vibe, what to do?

etc.

Hi Toni,

Any suggestions on which is the best way to move a MUSSER M55 on a plane ?

Thanks.

Hello all,
I'm trying to find out if it is better for vibraphones to travel assembled or to be broken down every night for transportation?
For the past 3 1/2 years my vibes have been traveling fully assembled in a custom case, in the back of an 18 wheeler. Well, now my frame is bent and I'm having huge issues with the rails and the dampener as well as the motor and other things.
The vibes fit snug in the case which is totally foam lined. I'm not really sure what caused the frame to bend along with many of the posts. Is it because the vibes were traveling fully assembled?

Hello,
Anybody out there know of somebody in the New York area that could fix a vibe motor. I got a 60's century vibe and the motor burned out. Its got one of those cool overdrive buttons that sits on the top of the panel and makes the motor spin faster when you press it. Hate to give that up by buying a new motor altogether.... Anyone fixed one of these things before?
-Tyler

One of the wheels on my M-51 Musser vibe falls out. Does anyone have any tips on where to go to get this fixed. Thanks. MH