Sunday, June 27, 2010

Deagan 872 Xylophone Tuning & Refurbishment

Complete Deagan #872 Professional Xylophone Refurbishment by Salazar Fine Tuning

Deagan 872 Xylophone

Refurbishment included:
* Nickel Plate Resonators, Tube Frame, and all Hardware.
* Refinish and Tune Keyboard
* Modify original Key-Beds to accept Bar Suspension Posts, Fabricate new Hardware
* Refinish Key-Beds

Here's a photo depicting the older Key-Bed style where bars rest on felt strips between rubber covered pins:

Deagan 872 Xylophone Key-Bed

Here's a photo of the same Key-Beds now outfitted with the updated "saddle" bar posts
allowing the bars to sustain more freely:

Deagan 872 Xylophone Refurbished Key-Bed

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Deagan Xylophone #870 Project

*Client supplied Original Deagan Xylophone Bars and Resonators only*
Salazar Fine Tuning completed the instrument by fabricating new Key-Beds,Tube Frame, 
"Y" Adapters and Hardware in the Deagan style

Deagan Xylophone

Fabricated Key-Beds outfitted with Bar Suspension Posts and Tube Frame with Casters

Deagan Professional Xylophone

New Nickel Plated Resonators, Custom Fabricated Tube Frame, "Y" Adapters and Hardware
Deagan Xylophone #870

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Leedy Xylophone #992 "George Hamilton Green" Model Refurbishment

Complete Refurbishment of a Leedy Xylophone "George Hamilton Green" Model #992
[circa 1928] by Salazar Fine Tuning

Leedy XylophoneLeedy Xylophone Tuning
Leedy Xylophone CasterLeedy Xylophone Caster
Leedy Xylophone FrameRefurbished Leedy Xylophone Frame
Leedy Xylophone ResonatorsLeedy Xylophone Resonators

Friday, June 18, 2010

Deagan Parsifal Bells #576

Deagan Parsifal BellsBefore









ADeagan Parsifal Bells #576fter Nickel Plating and Tuning

Friday, January 29, 2010

Marimbas on "Ghost 21" - Nine Inch Nails

"Lights In The Sky" 2009 Tour

Trent Reznor, Yamaha 5100A 5 Octave Marimba

Robin Finck, Leedy & Ludwig 2.5 Octave Marimba