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Pages: 1 Joe Porter Nomek4 Tiger Talk Pro Reged: Feb 23 2004 Posts: 127 Loc: y Buying a Marimba, a cheaper one, need ur help.       #24981 - Mon Mar 13 2006 09:09 PM (24.66.64.199) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Well, I have 2 basic options. #1, buy off ebay, #2, go to a store in canada called " St.John's" music. I have not gotten any price quotes from St.John's but I will get some on friday, Im looking to spend between 1 grand to 2 grand canadian. heres 2 on ebay right now, what's your opinions. I've been playing xylophone for alittle while at my school, but I'm looking to go to university, and I am really interested in picking up 4 mallet playing. I love the xylophone and would love to have a marimba, so here are the two links. Also, your tips on what to look for would be nice, thanks!! http://cgi.ebay.ca/Musser-M31-M-31-Marimba-4-octaves_W0QQitemZ7398568683QQcategoryZ41458QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/1516-Deagan-40-Marimba_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ28272QQitemZ6611486524QQrdZ1 Post Extras:       James Walker Tiger Talk Pro Reged: Mar 18 2002 Posts: 1283 Loc: Connecticut Re: Buying a Marimba, a cheaper one, need ur help.       #24982 - Tue Mar 14 2006 07:16 PM (4.245.227.179) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   I couldn't get the first auction page to open up. If I remember correctly, however, the M31 has synthetic bars - or, at the very least, it has narrow bars throughout the entire range of the instrument. Of those two, assuming the Deagan is in good condition, I think the Deagan would be a better purchase. Post Extras:       Joe Porter Nomek4 Tiger Talk Pro Reged: Feb 23 2004 Posts: 127 Loc: y Re: Buying a Marimba, a cheaper one, need ur help.       #24983 - Tue Mar 14 2006 08:47 PM (24.66.64.199) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   well, i'm going to go to st.john's music friday, and see how much they want, and what they kind of have. I'll reply once i go there, thanks for the advice so far james!! Post Extras:       L Lawless Tiger Talk Pro Reged: Dec 24 2003 Posts: 282 Loc: TX Re: Buying a Marimba, a cheaper one, need ur help.       #24984 - Fri Mar 17 2006 01:47 PM (69.68.175.170) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Yes, James is right, the M-31 is a synthetic (Kelon) narrow bar 4 octave instrument. It is the marimba I own, because it was the only one I could afford at the time. I think now you may have more options with some of the Padouk marimbas being sold now. Of the 2, the Deagan is a much better instrument, but is also only 4 octaves, so, depending on what you want to be able to do on it, could be somewhat limiting. Don't know anything about St. John's music, but it would be extremely rare for any mortar and brick music store to have a marimba in stock. Check www.malletshop.com Post Extras:       Joe Porter Nomek4 Tiger Talk Pro Reged: Feb 23 2004 Posts: 127 Loc: y Re: Buying a Marimba, a cheaper one, need ur help.       #24985 - Fri Mar 17 2006 08:23 PM (24.66.64.199) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Well, the cheapest marimba 4 octaves, full scale however, was 4.5 grand canadian. Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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