Technical Questions

I think, I heard Gary Burton at the vibe hang talking that he had once cracked bars.

I got 4 cracked bars from a vibe player who mostly used the old allbright mallets and he likes to play with a lot of dynamic.
On my website I have fotos of one of these bars. www.wyndorps.de

Does anybody have a recommendation for a mallet (4 mallet playing ) that would be a grade softer than the Malletech Dave Samuels soft DS11
or the Malletech Dave Friedman DF12 which I currently use but I think are no longer made. I tried the Malletech eMotion Series Soft Vibe Rattan
but it was too soft (and heavy). Ordering and trying them out from Steve Weiss is too expensive when you have to pay return shipping ($18!!!!)
I'm open to any make or model. Thanks for your suggestions!

My MUSSER M 55 G has the serial number HT 1381. The Label says MUSSER DIV OF CONN-SELMER, INC. ELKHART, IN 46516. When was it manufactured?

I have been playing for 6 years, but still consider myself a beginner.  Besides other advantages (cost, portability) I chose to go electronic (first Malletkat, then Xylosyth) because I just could not figure out how to do 4-mallet voicings on tunes without utilizing bars below F. Both MK and XS provide C to C models, and that solves my issue. My question is: Why do most all acoustic vibes go F to F? How can everybody else be fine with this, see no problem, and yet I seem to require C to C in order to achieve the melody/chord voicings I want?

I need to replace my 1970s Era m55 mercury on off switch with a compatible toggle switch. Does anyone have the specs for these switches with regard to voltage or amperage?

Hi all. Can the Musser M 75 resonators be mounted on the M 55 ? Are they compatible ? Thanks . Luca

I have a YV-3910; 3.5 octave.

I have built a very simple and light, but also very effective reinforcement for my old M55 frame. I have put the information about it with a link to download the 3D model data on my website.
Maybe someone else has problems with wobbly M55 frames.

https://wyndorps.de/E_index.htm
Goto: M55 Frame Stabilisation

Trying to decide which provides the most "natural" sound for recording vibes; Small diaphragm vs. large for condenser mics. I've attached two WAV files here in which I recorded myself with each of the two types (not actual tunes, just me improvising some lines and chords to try to capture the range and timbre of the instrument). File C-2 Mic test is a pair of Behringer C-2 pencil condenser mics. File CM2400 Mic test is a pair of Stellar Labs CM2400 large diaphragm condenser mics set for cardoid pickup pattern (I think Stellar Labs was a house brand of MCM Electronics).