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
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
Was suggested to crosspost this here! Happy to see a woodworking community on Lemmy!
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Wow, amazing build. How did you tune the notes? Did you just sand them down until they sounded right?
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Second this comment. Amazing work, and I'm also very interested in how you tuned the notes
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That's dope! Love it!
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Wow... what a project.
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J'adore
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Wow! What are the resonation tubes made out of? Can you describe the process of tuning each key?
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The resonators are simple PVC piping of various diameters! Tuning those was dead simple, just cut a section out, put a cap on one end then bang it with a hammer to produce a tone, then just chop a bit off to raise the pitch,
For the keys it was a bit more complicated, I typed out a comment giving the basics and linking to the blog I used to figure it out though!
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Gorgeous! How does it sound?
How difficult is tuning the keys?
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That is sick!
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This is phenomenal, and must have taken a ton(e) of effort... ba-dum-tss.