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Technical Questions

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If you have any technical questions about bars and tunings etc. post them hear and our resident vibe geek Nico vanderPlas will answer them!

Forum Topic: How old is this m55?

russell 2 March 2014

i have a nice m55, and i'm curious to know what year it was made. my understanding is that you can date an m55 by looking at some numbers under the middle A natural bar.

here's what I see when i look at mine:

10 72 92

440

the 440 i'm guessing means it's A=440 rather than A=442. but I don't know what to make of the 10 72 92.

is the vibe from 1972, or 1992, or ????

sorry if this has been answered already someplace on vibesworkshop...

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Forum Topic: M75 "Thumping"

rfrench5 24 January 2014

Greetings,

I'm back at my lovely M75. So I have been noticing there is a pronounced 'thumping' on all of the black keys from middle Bb to the end of the instrument range. When I say 'thumping' when I hit any of those black keys, whether the dampening bar is pressed on or off, there is a annoying thump - along with the bar note.

This thumping only seems to affect the black keys from middle Bb upwards. None of the white keys seems to be affected.

Things I have tried to resolve the thumping:

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Forum Topic: Replacing posts in Musser M58

hajbo 26 September 2013

I am helping to refurbish a used Musser M58 vibe for my daughter's high school band. Several of the hook and saddle posts were broken off, with the root (to use a dentist term) still stuck in the mounting hole. We managed to extract them with some difficulty, and noticed that there was some glue in the bottom of the holes which was what made the posts so hard to pull out. We are waiting for some replacements, I am thinking we should pot them into the holes with something similar to mount them firmly in the frame.

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Forum Topic: M75 Conversion

Wiesty 19 September 2013

First post here on the vibe forums!
I was wondering if it was possible to do a conversion from a musser m75 to an m55? I own a musser 75 and from what I know they use the same bars. Do they use the same resonators? Does anyone make m55 frames? It would be nice to have an m55 or something lighter that would be easier for travelling while still being able to use the same bars/resonators if possible.

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Forum Topic: M75 Dampening Issue

rfrench5 5 April 2013

I just purchased a very nice M75 from a guy in town. I tried it out with and without dampening and it sounded great.

So we break it down, and I drive it home, and assemble it back together.
The dampening on the lower octave is poor, no dampening; the higher register is OK and so far no issues.
I've fiddled with the dampening controls and took out the bars, placed them back in, along with the frame pieces. At least 3 times. Still the dampening is almost non existent on the lower register.

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Forum Topic: Motor Issues

Reedsmith 7 June 2012

Hi there

Fairly new on here, hoping to get busy soon... moving to vibes from (but not excluding) woodwinds, so serious learning curve likely in some areas...

I was quite lucky in acquiring a small gigging vibe- vintage, not everyone's first choice. Sounds great, though. I'm in England, and bought the vibes from a brilliant US vendor ... and they made it here, despite our 'Royal' Mail (USPS were fine).

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Forum Topic: Bar to resonator spacing.

suzi01 18 February 2012

I'm building a graduated bar F3 to F6 vibe from scratch using 60.60.T5 aluminium here in Queensland Australia.I have finished all the bars (going up 2 cents every octave on advice from the pianist in my jazz group who is a piano tuner by trade). I've been able to tune the 1st overtone up to Bflat 4. I used 10mm thick bar.

How do I find the best spacing between under the bars and the top of the resonators for best balance of volume and sustain? I am not using fans, so there are no cutouts at the resonator mouths but will use electronics to get some amplified vibrato/tremelo.

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