Was suggested to crosspost this here! Happy to see a woodworking community on Lemmy!
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!
12 Comments
Lem453@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 3y
Wow, amazing build. How did you tune the notes? Did you just sand them down until they sounded right?
UsernameLost@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
Second this comment. Amazing work, and I'm also very interested in how you tuned the notes
mack7400@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3y
That's dope! Love it!
joherl@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Wow... what a project.
Crocrodile@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 3y
J'adore
DavidP@toast.ooo · 2 pts · 3y
Wow! What are the resonation tubes made out of? Can you describe the process of tuning each key?
bitsplease@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
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!
https://lemmy.ml/comment/503333
quixotic120@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
bitsplease@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
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 pts · 3y
bitsplease@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
Ah, I did a double coat of tung oil!
tko@tkohhh.social · 1 pts · 3y
Gorgeous! How does it sound?
How difficult is tuning the keys?
christiannils@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
That is sick!
jasparagus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
This is phenomenal, and must have taken a ton(e) of effort... ba-dum-tss.