Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/3446
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	marimba de arco
Subject
	111.212
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	Mestizo
Format
	42 in. length of keyboard
9 – 19.3 in. length of keys (from shortest to longest)
1.4 – 1.9 in. width of keys (from narrowest to widest)
1.9 – 13.7 in. length of resonator tubes (from shortest to longest)
16 in. length of beaters
Identifier
	7175
Source
	Central America
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Nicaragua
Medium
	wood
	rubber
	string - cotton
	beeswax
	membrane - mammal intestine lining
	vine
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Americas
Provenance
	gift of Karin Stein, 2019
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
Sounding principle for idiophone
	striking - direct
Sound exciting agent for idiophone
	beater/s - stick with hard ball end
Energy input motion by performer for idiophone
	hammering
Pitch of sound produced for idiophones
	definite pitch
Sound modification for idiophones
	tensioned membrane over hole in resonator
Category of Instrument
	idiophone

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