Known for Robert van Sice Artist Series Marimba etc. Many people likes the dark timbre of this instrument. Apart from Robert van Sice, players like Alex Jacobowitz and Kunihiko Komori uses this instrument.

Bergerault company is making marimbas available all over the world (europe, usa, taipe, Japan ). Bergeraut worked for the opera de Paris, scala di milano, bolchoi theatre and so on...

Coe Percussion offers complete custom built marimbas and xylophones designed to meet each individual's needs.

Korogi is one of the leading manufacturer of Marimba in Japan. Known for the bright sound and long ringing tone.

Malletech is the Marimba and Mallet maker which was established by Leigh Howered Stevens. Apart from LHS, such famous players like Gordon Stout and Evelyn Glennie uses Malletec Instruments.
On the other hand, since keyboard are made one set a time for each instrument, there are opinions that the balance of the sound from one bar to the next is not optimal etc.
The instrument is thought to suite both classical repatoir as well as the modern repatoir.

Marimba One is known for its quality and price performance. Dark timber. Artists like Nancy Zeltsman uses it. You can also order from this page.

Saito Gakki is specialized in keyboard mallet instruments.

Home for Yamaha Marimba. Top models are created with such artists like Keiko Abe, and Nanae Mimura, etc. Very durable. Timbre is somewhat darker than that of Korogi.

The malletKAT is the only instrument to bring the power of MIDI and electronic percussion to the mallet player. Available with or without sounds, the malletKAT offers a standard 3-octave design which can be expanded to 4 or 5 octaves. It incorporates the same FSR technology as all of the KAT instruments delivering superb feel and response. The malletKAT Pro WS (with sounds) includes 300 built-in CD quality instrument sounds which comply with the GM (General MIDI) instrument standard. With 127 programmable setups and features like splitting, layering, poly/mono and "hang" modes, the malletKAT is incredibly expressive and powerful

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Planet Marimba designs and builds custom marimbas. Many of these instruments have extended the normal range of standard marimbas. Examples include the Monolith 3.3 octave contra-bass that reaches a whole ocyave and third below a standard 5.0 octave. This year's PASIC featured a 6.3 octave that stretched an octave above and a third below a standard 5.0 octave.