Archive for May, 2009

Marimba frame Progress.

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Hi all… I spent a bit of time today on the marimba frame. It doesn’t look like much, but actually I achieved an important step. At the last post The end pieces were in basic shape, and the main center strut was cobbled together. Today I got the bolts in to hold it all together […]

Marimba Frame Started – Bars Stage 1 Done!

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

G’day again marimba enthusiasts! It’s been a busy couple of weeks. I finally have all the bars sanded back finely and polished. The final tuning and drilling of nodal holes is still to go, but that stage is still a while away yet – The frame needs to be calculated and at least partially built […]

Tuning and Sanding the Bars for the 5 Octave Marimba

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Welcome back marimba building enthusiasts! The last installment of this blog saw me at the point where the bars had all been cut and sanded in a basic way – basically to the correct dimensions. The next steps involve doing the basic tuning – then doing the finish sanding/polishing – then some tricky bits involving […]