Wonderful video as usual, Rick. The Hawaii Symphony recently acquired a set of Deagan Parsifals which is a major upgrade from a Musser set they had been using in recent years. I’m a school band director and have an old set of Deagan Standard bells that Bill Youhass of Fall Creek made a case and extra bards for. I also have a set of Fall Creek RT-1000’s which, as you mentioned, is too heavy to deal with. Certainly too heavy for a bunch of kids to be carrying around. All the best from Honolulu.
The Malletech Infinity Glock has a matte finish and 3 point suspension which doesn't have screws drilled in them. Modeled after the Leedy and Deagan Artist bells.
I am new to this. I just got a cheapie 32-bell Glockenspiel from Amazon, and I am obsessed! I am sure what you are showing here is ‘way ‘way ‘way out of my price range, but it is good to know what the pros play, and what a world-class instrument should sound like. Once I figure out how to play it a little better, maybe I’ll upgrade~
I have never heard such quality glockenspiel for as long as highschool. I wish I owned one. I would have a less piercing sound to my ears. I don't understand why music companies they make bellsets that have a piercing sound to them. Either to torture kids into practicing them or because of the size of the bars are too small. Who knows.
hi dear friend good evening how are you? excuse me is there a glockenspiel instrument but it's first note to be c 4 in the middle octave and this model of glockenspiel instrument that you have spoken about it it's first note is almost in fa and sol 5 octave? and please guide/lead me.
i have a set of lyre bells that I'm trying to clean up and refurbish, made by WFL in Chicago Ill. Took it all apart, replaced the felt; kept the leather washers and replaced the bushings. Some of the bells don't ring well. How do I fix this? How tight do I tighten the screws? How thick should the replaced felt be? The bars rang brightly before I took it all apart, so there must be something I'm not doing right. Can you help? I want to keep the bars on the Lyre frame. Also, there is a metal tube in the middle of the lyre frame that I am unable to remove and seems stuck. Any ideas?
Hi Mary If you tightened the screws too much that would definitely mute the bars. You also need to make sure you used a felt that was not too soft. One way to help the bells ring more is to wrap hard thin chord over the felt so that the bars sit on that. Simply zig-zag the string between the pins over the felt so that the bars sit on the string and have minimal contact with the felt.
Wonderful video as usual, Rick. The Hawaii Symphony recently acquired a set of Deagan Parsifals which is a major upgrade from a Musser set they had been using in recent years. I’m a school band director and have an old set of Deagan Standard bells that Bill Youhass of Fall Creek made a case and extra bards for. I also have a set of Fall Creek RT-1000’s which, as you mentioned, is too heavy to deal with. Certainly too heavy for a bunch of kids to be carrying around. All the best from Honolulu.
The Malletech Infinity Glock has a matte finish and 3 point suspension which doesn't have screws drilled in them. Modeled after the Leedy and Deagan Artist bells.
I am new to this. I just got a cheapie 32-bell Glockenspiel from Amazon, and I am obsessed! I am sure what you are showing here is ‘way ‘way ‘way out of my price range, but it is good to know what the pros play, and what a world-class instrument should sound like. Once I figure out how to play it a little better, maybe I’ll upgrade~
Muchas gracias. Me gusta mucho como explica. Saludos desde Uruguay. Tito.
I have never heard such quality glockenspiel for as long as highschool. I wish I owned one. I would have a less piercing sound to my ears.
I don't understand why music companies they make bellsets that have a piercing sound to them. Either to torture kids into practicing them or because of the size of the bars are too small.
Who knows.
hi dear friend good evening how are you? excuse me is there a glockenspiel instrument but it's first note to be c 4 in the middle octave and this model of glockenspiel instrument that you have spoken about it it's first note is almost in fa and sol 5 octave? and please guide/lead me.
Hi Rick , l wonder if you can tell me anything about this xylophone l rescue from going to the landfill
i have a set of lyre bells that I'm trying to clean up and refurbish, made by WFL in Chicago Ill. Took it all apart, replaced the felt; kept the leather washers and replaced the bushings. Some of the bells don't ring well. How do I fix this? How tight do I tighten the screws? How thick should the replaced felt be? The bars rang brightly before I took it all apart, so there must be something I'm not doing right. Can you help? I want to keep the bars on the Lyre frame. Also, there is a metal tube in the middle of the lyre frame that I am unable to remove and seems stuck. Any ideas?
Hi Mary
If you tightened the screws too much that would definitely mute the bars.
You also need to make sure you used a felt that was not too soft. One way to help the bells ring more is to wrap hard thin chord over the felt so that the bars sit on that. Simply zig-zag the string between the pins over the felt so that the bars sit on the string and have minimal contact with the felt.