Maintenance

I have a situation with my Musser M55 vibe that's becoming anonying - the instrument doesn’t hold very steady during playing. From what I can tell, the problem is in the assembly where the wheels are allowed to swivel. That section of each wheel has a wooble in it. In other words, it’s not the actual wheels themselves that are shakey, it’s the assembly above the wheels that has bearings in it that's causing the problem as far as I can tell. When I pedal, this location (the point between the part of the wheel assembly where it can turn around)has a lot of play in it.

Hey everyone,

Quick question... does anyone know where to buy the paint Musser uses for its resonators, pedals... and for the sake of the discussion, any other parts on the vibe.

It would be nice to be able to repaint, for example, one set of resonators and have it match the other one without having to do both. Any ideas?

James

Hi all. This is my first post.
My friend Paul and I just came across and bought some nice vintage pieces. Pauly got a 40's? Deegan marimba and I got some '39? Leedy vibes. A friend of ours found someone with these vintage pieces, who wanted to get rid of them. They were very reasonable. I think we both felt like we were stealing them. I haven't seen Paul's marimba yet, but my vibes are beautiful. I spent about 10 hours going over them, polishing chrome, etc... here is a picure of a set that is almost identical to mine.
http://www.olympicdrums.com/LeedyVibraphone.html

Hi, everybody!

One question: Is it possible to tune the bars on a vibraphone from 442hz to 440hz?

All the best,

Karl Ivar Refseth

So I thought I'd post on ways people fix up their instrument, especially the older ones. For instance ringing. I have in the past taken a piece of felt and tied it over the felt pad to stop the ringing. Even a few pieces to raise just that part.

Any other ways (besides replacing the pad)?

I bet you could use yarn and do something with that.

Hello,
I've recieved two expanders(octaves) for my malletkat.
I have 2 questions :
-is it possible to change the octave of the expander: I'd like to have one lower and one higher than the malletkat (specially because the expander cable is too short to connect them both in the lower register). If yes, wich menu is it ?

-I have recieved them without a picture or instruction on how to fix the metal bars under the malletkat(no screws neither) .
Tony, can you post an image of your connection (under the malletkat), and did you use the same screws ?

I got inspired by some of the great stories on this site, and have a couple of interesting session & gig experiences that have come to mind. I haven't been sure where to post these yet, but one could definitely go here...under MAINTENANCE.

We have John Piper's plans and video for M-Braces. Could anyone make me a set? I'll pay for your time. I'm just not very handy!!!

Thought part of this email might be useful to others:

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Anyone know where to get a belt for a Jenco? I have a friend who just bought one and needs the belt? Any substitutions??

Thanks
tony