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I have one at home, is little like that little one of yours and sometimes i play Beethoven's Fur Elize by listening cause i don't know to read music. Once i tried to play Joe Satriani's Crushing day catching the solo by listening but was too much. 😁😁😁😁🤣🤣
Just set up my 1960s-era Jenco vibes for the first time in 30+ years. When you oiled yours up, did you put oil in the Bodine Electric motor? There's a small flap on the motor and my memory tells me I used to put a drop or two of 3-in-1 oil in there. Thanks.
No, I didn’t. The motors seems to run well so I didn’t even think of it. Now I’ll have to look for the flap. I oiled up the shafts that hold the paddles or flapper things that go over the resonators. They didn’t want to turn at first and the belt was slipping, but with enough cleaning and oil they move fine now. It’s funny a lot of my students insult my vibes for being small and old but then I remind them that none of the 4 much newer Musser or Adams or Yamaha vibraphones at school have working motors and 2/4 dont have fully functional dampers. My 60 year old tiny Jenco has both. Then they go “oh yeah, I guess you’re right”
@@RyanAlexanderBloom Thanks. I also dropped oil into the holes in the supports for the shafts and that helped. It's working fine. I learned that 3-in-One now makes a version for electric motors. I may try that. I'm getting it in good enough working condition to give to a music school. Somebody should put it to good use.
If you’re asking about a Jenco, they haven’t made them in 40 years. So it’s anyones guess where to get another. If you just mean any vibes, try eBay, reverb, or various Facebook groups for used ones. Or any percussion retailer for new ones.
I have one at home, is little like that little one of yours and sometimes i play Beethoven's Fur Elize by listening cause i don't know to read music.
Once i tried to play Joe Satriani's Crushing day catching the solo by listening but was too much.
😁😁😁😁🤣🤣
Just set up my 1960s-era Jenco vibes for the first time in 30+ years. When you oiled yours up, did you put oil in the Bodine Electric motor? There's a small flap on the motor and my memory tells me I used to put a drop or two of 3-in-1 oil in there. Thanks.
No, I didn’t. The motors seems to run well so I didn’t even think of it. Now I’ll have to look for the flap. I oiled up the shafts that hold the paddles or flapper things that go over the resonators. They didn’t want to turn at first and the belt was slipping, but with enough cleaning and oil they move fine now. It’s funny a lot of my students insult my vibes for being small and old but then I remind them that none of the 4 much newer Musser or Adams or Yamaha vibraphones at school have working motors and 2/4 dont have fully functional dampers. My 60 year old tiny Jenco has both. Then they go “oh yeah, I guess you’re right”
@@RyanAlexanderBloom Thanks. I also dropped oil into the holes in the supports for the shafts and that helped. It's working fine. I learned that 3-in-One now makes a version for electric motors. I may try that. I'm getting it in good enough working condition to give to a music school. Somebody should put it to good use.
Where can I buy one with a full set of keys?
If you’re asking about a Jenco, they haven’t made them in 40 years. So it’s anyones guess where to get another. If you just mean any vibes, try eBay, reverb, or various Facebook groups for used ones. Or any percussion retailer for new ones.
SCORE! While they aren't, I still consider vibes as synths. :)
They makes vibes with a pickup in the frame. You can run the output through effects pedals and to an amp. That’s pretty much the same as a synth.
@@RyanAlexanderBloom with one?!