How We Built A (Practical) Marimba During Quarantine!

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4 жыл бұрын

How We Built A (Practical) Marimba During Quarantine!
I hope you enjoyed the video! I wanted to showcase the process of building a marimba and try to provide help for those considering the project themselves! This was an amazing quarantine project to take on with my Dad!
If you are researching building a marimba, I am more than willing to answer your questions in the comments below!
Sources that I found helpful:
www.lafavre.us/tuning-marimba.htm
www.lafavre.us/marimba-bars.htm
www.instructables.com/id/Buil...
• Making Our Marimba
• Marimba Bar Harmonics

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@jbone7878 2 жыл бұрын

your dad has EXCELLENT dad style.

@robertn2951 Ай бұрын

Your dad loves you. This video is all about love disguised as a marimba.

@letusshare5316 Жыл бұрын

Dad & Daughter........... Good job done. I and my daughter will try the same. Feeling motivated

@TheHexeract 2 жыл бұрын

If you do want to add resonators you can just get chain link fence posts, they come in different sizes, 2" would work great for the bass side, and 1 5/8" for the rest. You can get a cheap pipe cutter to size them, it's very inexpensive.

@mwatershoes 3 жыл бұрын

I build outdoor (playground/park) marimbas and xylophones and I just wanted to say thank you so much for documenting this. Its a lot of really great info and building instruments like these is fun so its nice that now there's another (detailed, helpful) explanation of how to do it. Cheers and thank you!

@beamyers8811 2 жыл бұрын

HI. I'm building a marimba but there may be a future project to do a giant one in a park. do you have any info you can share. thanks in advance

@toddhammes4083 4 жыл бұрын

Great work Kaitlyn! You may consider building your dad a workbench next. ;-)

@nachomarimba 8 ай бұрын

As a father, son, marimbist, and wood enthusiast, I loved every single second of this video. I wish some day I can be as cool as your dad. You guys did a lovely bonding proyect! ❤️❤️❤️

@Grasschiz 4 жыл бұрын

This deserves more views

@offairhead 2 жыл бұрын

You’re the youngest video maker I came across for this kind of video and you gave the best and most information. Thank you for explaining everything to me!!

@darlenebaker960 3 жыл бұрын

Very Cool! And very Impressive!

@herobelleville 3 жыл бұрын

You’ve inspired me to build my own! I’ve also wanted a Marimba FOR 👏🏻 EV 👏🏻 ER

@hisatnam 2 жыл бұрын

AMAZING!!! Thank you so much for sharing all your sources and making for this video!!!!

@IntoTheOutside000 Жыл бұрын

Dad's are awesome!!! Great job!

@alexrolfe496 3 жыл бұрын

Knocked it out of the park! It sounds a lot like a gyil. very cool!

@marilynrife 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic project to do when in quarantine! Kudos!

@earthjustice01 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful story! You brightened my day.

@sekhonmusic 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Congrats on this project - happy practicing!

@csnoro04 9 ай бұрын

omg it sounds like a cross between a kalimba and a marimba that's actually the coolest!!

@musicmeadow1868 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing, I’m going to try this!! Well done and thank you for sharing

@guitfidle 3 жыл бұрын

What a cool project, and what a great dad!! Thanks for sharing this, I might have to make my own marimba now (like I really needed another project 😄)

@timpani25 4 жыл бұрын

very nice work. thanks for sharing!

@romanusantonius1655 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting song at the end😄

@lollystacey 3 жыл бұрын

this is so cool oml i’m so impressed

@mygansitopubggmobile2075 3 жыл бұрын

Marimba from Guatemala 🇬🇹👍🔥

@ChrisHendricks 8 ай бұрын

Incredibly cool! Thanks for sharing!

@novabigstar1509 3 жыл бұрын

That is soo amazing!! I was wondering if a hardwood like oak could work because I know they usually use rosewood. Way to show perseverance and get the job done. Congrats on a job well done to both of you!

@argi0774 2 жыл бұрын

Rosewood is harder than oak

@michaelmorrise4826 2 жыл бұрын

I hope you will keep playing and share your passion of music (and instrument making) with many others in the future.

@xavierwindon8968 2 жыл бұрын

Very high quality! Good job!

@1Saltyone 3 жыл бұрын

brilliant well done good team work

@notanotherguitarchannel 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's a lot of work great job! Parenting goals

@wesluttrell6479 10 ай бұрын

Love this!!!!!!

@andrewsworkshop 6 ай бұрын

Hi Kaitlyn. This is awesome!

@meganedinger7689 4 жыл бұрын

Great job!

@phytogenesis 2 жыл бұрын

Super inspiring - thanks for sharing

@Eidraify 3 жыл бұрын

I really like the homemade quality of the video (quality, close up facecam, pictures, cool slow mo, funny jokes, etc) it made the video very cosy ! If you continue making videos please keep them real and homemade cosy ! This is refreshing ! Tired of 4k insert shot bs..

@eduardomonares-vw6fv Ай бұрын

thank you... i learned a lot...

@guillermonavarro5271 Жыл бұрын

Wow, good done, amazing!

@MARIMBAADANTAFUR 3 жыл бұрын

me gusto el video, pronto construiré mi propia marimba, saludos desde Ecuador

@walterantonioortizsaavedra7853 9 ай бұрын

Yo soy de Guatemala, dónde se inventó la marimba doble, también en mi juventud toqué la marimba, sólo que la marimba de aquí van reduciéndose de tamaño las teclas y reducen también de ancho, hasta llegar a las últimas que son bien delgadas, te felicito, bastante trabajo y casi sin referencias, yo aquí en Guatemala hubiera ido a cualquiera lugar a tomar medidas de marimbas, gran trabajo, seguro la vas a mejorar en el futuro.

@KcipKram 2 жыл бұрын

This was great! Thank you! :)

@pillsfilly376 2 ай бұрын

We had a percussion fix it day at my school and we restrung all the mallet instruments. That was the day I discovered I absolutely despise closed forks

@TheHexeract 2 жыл бұрын

Tell your dad I'm buying him a 30 rack for the weekend if he comes over and builds me one. :D

@iamthehoy Жыл бұрын

Hey, I love the video so much I'm making one a life longing from teenage marimba dreams. I was just wondering though... Any chance you could do a second video showing how to make a giant marimbas?

@mattildahubbardo 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing beautiful

@its_jvyn 2 жыл бұрын

Me and my dad are making a guitar together!!

@Tzcoreband 6 ай бұрын

Keren 🎉

@juliooliva1667 Жыл бұрын

Quick question did you drill the holes straight into the keys or did you drill angled?

@chenwenhua2269 10 ай бұрын

Resonators are a must, otherwise it sounds like crackling bones.

@jack-sm7jy 2 жыл бұрын

what was the cost and what were all the materials that you used?

@nicename3532 2 жыл бұрын

im making this for a school project... I have the same amputation

@MeowfaceMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Wooden bars over time slipping out of tune: Both factors combined--wood drying out and abuse--which direction in pitch do bars tend to go? What percentage of bars go flat? What percentage of bars go sharp? Consistent and predictable? Thanks : )

@AskTheKid 4 ай бұрын

Shut up

@user-vx7pq6jj2g 7 ай бұрын

How much wood did you buy in total?

@guadalupecaal2062 Жыл бұрын

Hola como puedo localizarlos necesito sembrar arboles

@tunemakersband6988 Жыл бұрын

Hi mam....can I get the exact sizes of the bars???

@AskTheKid 4 ай бұрын

What was the rough thickness of the bars? I’m asking to find out what thickness boards I need to start with.

@AskTheKid 4 ай бұрын

The chart in the link says the biggest size is over 1.5” This really sucks because that’s bigger than nominal 2” wood. So that will make the price of the wood very expensive

@Kocheng45671 2 жыл бұрын

Wow bagus banget mbak

@tunemakersband6988 Жыл бұрын

Can you send a link where did you get the exact sizes of the bars??

@AskTheKid 4 ай бұрын

It’s in the description. Duhh. She says it in the beginning

@ghazikankan 8 ай бұрын

Get a drill press!

@chandlerredhead27 3 жыл бұрын

How much did it cost total???

@kaitlynz2582 3 жыл бұрын

We didn’t keep exact track, but about $1,000 was our estimate. Thanks for watching!

@kevin67397 3 жыл бұрын

Wich wood do ypu use? And any alternative for rosewood?

@kaitlynz2582 3 жыл бұрын

For our practical build, we used oak wood. For a concert marimba, padouk and synthetic wood are some examples of cost-effective alternatives to rosewood. Hope this helps!

@kevin67397 3 жыл бұрын

@@kaitlynz2582 yes it does! TKS... The thing is that kind of wood at least in argentina it's expensive...hehe but that's a good replacement! TKS for taking time to answer!

@dndearaujo 2 жыл бұрын

I have built a couple of marimbas with my son. The first one had construction lumber frame and used pine keys and they were cheaper and more resonant than the red oak we had. The second one had padauk keys and a mahogany frame and sounded much better. For the posts, we 3D printed the pegs and it was quite inexpensive. Try different species of wood and build a key or two to see which one sounds better.

@johnmarkhatfield Жыл бұрын

i don’t know if you would need super dense wood or a balance. for specific wood you probably would need to mill it yourself. north american hard woods that are super hard: osage orange sugar maple white oak hornbeam dogwood pretty hard: red oak elm hickory ash sycamore medium hardness: silver maple walnut norway maple cherry soft hardwood (i would assume avoid) poplar basswood cottonwood boxelder just a quick list. nice tackle! resonators are a trick too! they are sized to each note! it would be interesting to know what would work. at a diy store there are different gauges and materials of pipe. pvc, galvanized, black…

@walterantonioortizsaavedra7853 9 ай бұрын

Aquí en Guatemala, dónde se inventó la marimba doble se usa la madera más dura, aquí se llama madera de hormigo, no sé cuál sea el nombre en inglés.

@offairhead 2 жыл бұрын

15:50

@TheHexeract 2 жыл бұрын

If he had a drill press the oak wouldn't be so hard to drill. However using oak means this thing will last 300 years.

@todosmiros8119 2 жыл бұрын

do you realize EACH of those sticks of wood is worth hundreds of dollars! look that up. theres your dad's new business. also NO ONE sells the frame. I have all the keys from an old marimba. so I could actually copy the ones I have, but my frame is bad because I have no way to make them "float" I have a hole through each key already. I just dont know where to go from here.

@t1tan145 Жыл бұрын

There are companies that do sell aftermarket frames. TITAN is a really good example.