Thank you for the compliment, Wilfred.When I have owned instruments with fully tunable resonators (Yamaha 5000 and Malletech), I enjoyed having the ab...
The Adams 5.0 has tunable resonators on the lowest seven (7) notes, while the Yamaha 6000 has tunable resonators on the lowest octave. Ron Samuels dec...
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (arr. Savery, Friis, and Leth)Andrew Thomas: Three TransformationsWM
Weiss lists it as out-of-print.Try inter-library loan.WM
Thomas,Very interesting instruments, but they are lithophones, not marimbas.WM
Just a guess, but with that spelling, perhaps "Quantas" is Australian rosewood?WMP.S. Pedro -- Yamaha marimbas were definitely designed with different...
No, my point was just that these manufacturer's may be making up names to disquise the actual source of their materials.I don't know what "Rosewood-Li...
This is all so reminiscent of the early days of J.C. Deagan when their "exclusive" rosewood variety was labeled "Nagaed" (or "Deagan" spelled backward...
I seem to remember Doug Walter having a solo version of the Barber Adagio. You might try contacting him at the University of Colorado-Boulder.WM
Barber's "Adagio for Strings" was originally composed as the "Molto adagio" movement to his String Quartet in b minor.Although it may not work with on...
Instrument height is very much a matter of personal preference. Using the "wrist joint" method for me results in too high a position, but individual h...
No, it says that Bogdan B
I'm interested. I'll e-mail you.WM
I would agree, although I'd be a little careful with that "filling in wide interval leaps."Listen to any period instrument recording of the Bach violi...