hey everyone
is there any percusion store or music store hv marimbas in store to try on?..coz i wanna try on some other marimba be4 purchasing one.
thanks a million.

You can try drummers world, but I am not sure if they have anything on the floor to demo. They are on 46th or 48th street. I can't remember off hand. Hope this helps.

WM

music stores that have marimbas on the floor are very rare. buying a marimba can be pretty frustrating. i'd recommend you talk to some college professors and see if they will let you try out various marimbas. if you can go to go PASIC or maybe some music educator conventions, manufactors have demo instruments to try. you might try fall creek marimbas in NY.

Don't know where you can see a collection of marimbas but I do have one for sale. My daughter bought it at Steve Weiss music (I believe in southern Jersey if you want to try them). I have a Slingerland Deagan 4 Octave and am located in nassau county (off queens border).

Hey,
Drummers World occassionally has marimbas that you can try out. They almost always have at least one, and at times two. You could also try a music school if you know anyone that attends LaGuardia High School or Juilliard to show you around as a guest.
Another way, if you're desperate, is to call Carroll studios and rent a marimba for an hour in one of their studios. You can ask them which marimbas they have to choose from for practicing and pick the one you're more interested in.