How to Make a Bottle Marimba

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5 жыл бұрын

The Bottle Marimba is a beautiful little instrument that is so much more than meets the eye. Made out of recycled materials, it produces a wonderfully pure resonance. It is so cheap to build and so easy to construct, and I really hope you give it a go.
Josh and Cat from Kaboom Percussion built an amazing version you can see here:
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Within the contemporary music scene, the flexible tuning of the instrument allows for fascinating timbral possibilities. Check out a piece I wrote and performed in my 2018 graduation recital here:
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The bicycle valves I used were TR414 valves:
www.ebay.com.au/itm/10x-TR414...
Most should work just fine. Even better if you can recycle an old bike inner tube.

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@siarajoycebabad710 4 жыл бұрын

Who went here because of KaBoom Percussions?! ✋ MAN THIS IS GENUIS.

@baileyayyy5085 2 жыл бұрын

Finally learning how to make grav bongs is actually useful

@alanizdreams3087 5 жыл бұрын

oh thank u so much !!! I'm from Peru and i'm so delighted with this instrument , i definitely will try !

@kayanabdimanggala997 2 жыл бұрын

So cool and very easy to make it

@gabem949 Жыл бұрын

Valve stems have a groove to snap around the hole in a rim, so you can pull it until it goes to the groove locking it in place

@justlisten-fb1cm 6 ай бұрын

It sounds like a darbuka but tuned to melodic pitch

@MarcoeBernardo 7 ай бұрын

This instrument is so easy to make but i don't have a bicycle valve 😅😅

@starwolf2500gamer Жыл бұрын

I am making this instrument right now.

@stunnaboyrichhollywoodrealstar 4 жыл бұрын

Oh so this is the instrument playing my fever dream theme tune

@kimberlyalves4944 Жыл бұрын

Obrigada

@g4mel3teplays13 2 жыл бұрын

Vou tentar fazer um, bora ver se vai dar certo.

@bryanchacon6825 5 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! Did you end up having to make a chart (or any way to keep track) of the correlations between the pressure in the bottle and the pitch it made? Or did you just play it by ear?

@JetKyeChong 5 жыл бұрын

Just tuned by ear :)

@United_States_Of_America_124 6 ай бұрын

I want to make one of these because they’re awesome, but how would I seal it after if I only have one bicycle pump? Or would I just get another one?

@indemniti Жыл бұрын

As beautiful as the music sounds, I can't watch this video because I can't hear the voice over the music. It's a bummer too because I think I'd like this video

@Spaceman_spliff 6 ай бұрын

Use your eyes and all shall be revealed. I can hear his voice fine, btw. Thought the music was nice, and found the video to extremely informative.

@antgames1532 2 жыл бұрын

If you guys have a tuner with a clip on microphone, or a guitar tuner, you can put it in the cap and tune that way

@LokiDokie26 5 жыл бұрын

So cool! I want to try and make one now! What size coke bottles did you use? And did you use the same size for all the notes, would bigger or smaller bottles be better for higher or lower pitches?

@JetKyeChong 5 жыл бұрын

I hope you do! I believe I used all 350ml bottles except a 1L for the big one. Smaller bottles generally achieve higher pitches :)

@LokiDokie26 5 жыл бұрын

Jet Kye Chong cool thank you!

@WorldFacts836 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I want to ask. How do you keep such high pressure in the bottle. I'm making one and the air always comes out from the side of the valve.

@JetKyeChong 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Rafi! Perhaps try making the hole in the cap smaller, and ensure it is circular. It takes quite some effort to push the valve through, but that helps the seal :)

@ayuleony7254 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I'd like to know how do you make that pencil ? Can you tell me? I'd make this for some show 6months later

@JetKyeChong 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry Ayu, I wasn't notified of your comment! I just tied knots of yarn repeatedly onto the pencil, back and forth. But you can play it with anything, even chopsticks!

@simonlinser8286 Жыл бұрын

i was thinking couldn't one put dry ice into the bottle, experiment a bit... and once you know the right amount (a small amount very small) then you use a precise scale to measure the amount and tune the notes that way.

@simonlinser8286 8 ай бұрын

@@Gccworship7 water...hmm i don't think it would do much, just because it's just gonna be liquid or evaporate but pressure won't change much. Dry ice just has a crazy phase curve so it takes a bunch of pressure and super cold to make it. At room temp and pressure it turns to a gas readily and stays as a gas, hence how it can make a bomb. But if you use a tiny bit it will just pressurize it. But the density will be higher than air. Won't require tuning though

@Melonish 2 жыл бұрын

Is there anything else that I can use instead of bicycle valves?

@Mgr.PiotrKogut Жыл бұрын

@inesleite7524 Жыл бұрын

Where did you get this specific Valve?

@iLoveClawdeen 3 ай бұрын

Ebay

@fartwrangler 2 жыл бұрын

I imagine that if a bottle explodes it makes shrapnel. So . . . what's the maximum safe pressure, or haw does one determine that without actually exploding a bottle and risking injurt? What pressures for what notes?

@polzamora7492 2 жыл бұрын

Buen video perooo yo no no hablo taka taka xd

@juanbrujo43 Жыл бұрын

I can't even hear what he said

@stephengrube1532 Жыл бұрын

Yet another KZfaq vídeo among thousands ruined by background music. Can hardly hear the narration. Do the makers of these videos actually LISTEN to what they've made? What a shame.