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The composer and instrument inventor of genius, Harry Parch
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(Bamboo Marimba) MATERIALS: Philippine bamboo, ranging from 4.25
to 2.75 inches outside diameter, mounted on foam rubber. The frame
is of oak, and gum plywood. TONES: 64 sections of bamboo, each
with one closed end, and a tongue cut in the open end for the
same natural frequency as its air column. A dry percussive sound,
with one prominent inharmonic overtone. The range is approximately
from the B-flat below middle C to the second F above. Played with
felted sticks and small mallets on the edges of the tongues. The
instrument is based upon experiments made by Bill Loughborough.
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