Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2396 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title orchestral marimba Subject 111.212 Publisher Marimba One Contributor Roger Vetter Type cosmopolitan (Euro-American) Format 92.9 in. length of keyboard Identifier 2713 2167 6521 Source North America Language EN Coverage United States of America Alternative Title xylorimba xylo-marimba marimba-xylophone Medium wood metal rope - braided Requires 1 to 4 Is Part Of Keyboard Percussion Ensembles Mixed Percussion Ensembles Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection Spatial Coverage Americas Provenance Grinnell College Music Department Basic form of sonorous object/s for idiophone block - oblong bar Sound objects per instrument for idiophone multiple sounded discretely Resonator design for idiophone separate resonating space/s attuned to pitch/es of sonorous object/s - built into instrument Number of players for idiophone one or multiple Sounding principle for idiophone striking - direct Sound exciting agent for idiophone beater/s - stick with padded ball end Energy input motion by performer for idiophone hammering Pitch of sound produced for idiophones definite pitch Sound modification for idiophones none Category of Instrument idiophone --