Marimba
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Instrument family | Percussion Instruments |
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Orchestral percussion | |
Pitched percussion instrument | |
Place of origin | Guatemala |
Mexico | |
Costa Rica | |
Nicaragua | |
Honduras | |
West Africa | |
Related instrument | Glockenspiel |
Glass marimba | |
Classification | Percussion Instruments |
Founders | Kim Polese |
Arthur van Hoff | |
Sami Shaio | |
Jonathan Payne | |
Headquarters | Mountain View |
California | |
United States | |
Founded | 1996 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 807287 |
About Marimba
The marimba is a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with yarn or rubber mallets to produce musical tones. Resonators or pipes suspended underneath the bars amplify their sound.