Gary Burton talked about cracked bars

I think, I heard Gary Burton at the vibe hang talking that he had once cracked bars.

I got 4 cracked bars from a vibe player who mostly used the old allbright mallets and he likes to play with a lot of dynamic.
On my website I have fotos of one of these bars. www.wyndorps.de

Up to now I haven't jet found the time to sand down the broken anodized layer, but I will do soon. I will try to find out how deep those cracks go into the bar. May be it's only the anodized layer, then perhaps the bar can be retuned, reanodized, and fine-tuned again.