Custom Marimbas Canada

Custom Marimbas Canada

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Hi everyone, I'm Jim McCarthy. I design and build professional marimbas mostly, but all bar percussion instruments. Off the shelf designs or custom built to your specifications - no modification or brief is too difficult - I've even built a circular marimba! Re-tuning, maintenance and refurbishing also done.

07/25/2025

I'm calling progress this week on the ContraBass Marimba project - a success! :) Targets achieved! All resonators are now finished off - have tuning slide bases fitted and insides spraypainted - ready for external paint!

Just one more week to get everything finished - so next week these get painted - the bar suspension units get made and fitted - and I'll have to cobble together the base unit too - which will need more than a whole sheet of plywood and some fancy fiddling!

There's still some bars that have not yet been claimed - so if you want to get your name engraved on a bar then feel free to sponsor the project here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/sponsor-a-bass-marimba-bar

Photos from Custom Marimbas Canada's post 07/25/2025

Another day and another good bit of progress on the ContraBass Marimba Project! G #1 all sanded back and ready for paint. Last two resonator boxes made/tuned/roughsanded/filled - the A #1 and B1. The only way to make the B1 high enough in pitch and keep the format and bandwidth was to reduce the height.. so I will have to add something under it in the structure later. 4 more boxes got their tuning slide bases on and the mouths painted too.

Most importantly - because I have two more generous sponsors - two more names also got engraved on bars! If you'd like YOUR name on a bar, please consider a sponsor here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/sponsor-a-bass-marimba-bar

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