A Marimba I built last year - took me a bit over half a year to complete. 61 keys made of Padauk, all hand-tuned, on a frame of Red Oak and Walnut (lemmy.ml)

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[-] quixotic120@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for this. I have an old busted premier marimba with fiberglass keys and a few are cracked. Maybe I’ll make a new set because the frame and resonators and still in decent shape. Although I am sure the tuning process was a nightmare!

How did you finish the keys?

[-] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

This old blog has all the info you'll need http://www.lafavre.us/tuning-marimba.htm

I used a bandsaw or router to cut out the rough arc, then a belt sander to fine tune

[-] quixotic120@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh thanks but I meant like did you stain them or use oil on them or whatever ha

[-] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, I did a double coat of tung oil!

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