Talk:Vibraphone

message: Hm, something seems wrong, I can't edit this page (I wanted to make minor adjustments, shrink photo to 300 px & move other language links to bottom). I tried both logged in and logged out with 3 browsers, same result. I only have the probem on this page. Puzzled, -- Infrogmation 03:24, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think she should be added. Her article here says only that she plays vibraphone, hardly a ringing endorsement of her "notability" as a vibist. Keep in mind that this list is not supposed to be a repository of every musician (or garage-band member) who ever picked up a pair of mallets. That's what's known as cruft. +ILike2BeAnonymous 17:25, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: On that note, should every name currently featured on that list remain there? (I think not, but only have a clear vision of who should stay, not of who should go.) ---Sluzzelin talk 17:37, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If it were me, I'd take a good look at all red links and any names tagged w/. +ILike2BeAnonymous 23:30, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I felt that the history section, although there was perhaps a germ of truth in it, was largely inaccurate and lacking detail, so I've rewritten it based on data from an article in "Percussionist" magazine from 1977.  Percussionist is a juried research journal published by the Percussive Arts Society.
This is my first attempt to edit a Wikipedia page, and I hope I've conformed to the culture.  I wanted to mark the text with the a superscript pointing to the new reference, but I coulnd't figure out how.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Tpvibes 21:11, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modification to the History section 

message: I've replaced the construction section with a significantly expanded section.  A question in my mind about the new content is whether it is too long and too detailed.  Comments appreciated.  Tpvibes 13:41, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Construction section 

message: I agree that Studio 49 is worthy of mention in the manufacturers section, but the placement of the first mention implies that they began manufacturing vibes in the 1960s or 70s -- I can't find any confirmation of that and on the contrary it looks to me like they probably started in the 1950s.
If they did actually start in the 60s or 70s then the correct place to mention them would be in the next paragraph, where new entrants to the market are mentioned.
However, I don't regard Studio 49 as having enough of a presence in the industry to be mentioned there.  This is not a comment on the quality of their products -- I don't have any direct experience with Studio 49 vibes but have only heard good things about them.  I regard Studio 49's place in the industry as roughly equivalent to Saito's -- good products but having too little worldwide distribution/marketing to have an extended influence.
Therefore I've included Studio 49 alongside Saito in the list of second-tier players that continue in the business, but deleted other mentions.  I wish there were space to cover more manufacturers in more detail, but there needs to be a cutoff somewhere.
If the person who added Studio 49 (or anyone else) disagrees with my changes, please continue the discussion here or on my Talk page.
Tpvibes 14:00, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Studio 49 

message: This section should either be deleted or integrated into other parts of the article. There's no need for a seperate section just to give a list of every popular song that has vibes in it. Glassbreaker5791 02:47, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It might be possible to incorporate these into the playing styles section- "This style is sometimes used in popular music, for example the song X by bad Y." MorkaisChosen 19:08, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular music examples? 

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replies: text: Add fair use rationale -- hope it's sufficient.
Tpvibes 15:45, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Lionel-hampton-king-of-the-vibes.jpg

message: It would be nice to have a better explaination of what controls the musician typically has for the motors on the models with computer controlled servos, and more detail about which companies make the vibraphones with this functionality.  JNW2 (talk) 03:53, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Servo motor controls

message: A 15-Jul-2008 addition to the resonator section says, "Additionally, in this context, there is the extra consideration that the rotating plates interfere with wave-fronts in the resonator tubes to cause doppler-effect pitch variations. This can be observed using an oscilloscope."  I've heard this said before, but it seems to me to be something that needs a reference to back it up -- otherwise it's just hearsay.  If 217.147.240.180 could provide a reference that'd be good.  If not it might be best to delete the addition.
Tpvibes (talk) 18:02, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Resonator fans cause pitch vibrato

message: There's been a long-standing request to create a citation verifying that resonators are tuned slightly off of perfect to create a balance between loudness and sustain.  A reference has become available, written by Nico vanderPlas, the builder of arguably the highest-quality vibraphones available.  The article is available on the web, however, access requires membership.
I don't know what the policy regarding references to material with restricted access is, but it seems to me that this is allowed.  There are many references (in this article and in others) to material that is only available in print (such as the books referenced in the article) or available as part of a subscription journal with web access for subscribers (e.g. the Howland reference in the article).
If you feel I'm wrong on this please explain the reasoning when you delete the reference.  Also, if you delete the reference, restore the citation required indication.
Tpvibes (talk) 14:18, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference to resonator tuning

message: The video needs to be flipped, horizontally, because it is reversed, left to right. Jimeffindandy (talk) 14:29, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vibraphone Orchestra OGG file 

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message: The sound example for vibraphone is clearly a virtual instrument and sounds nothing like the real thing, should I replace it with a real vibraphone? /new user  — Preceding unsigned comment added by AzeemKadri (talk • contribs) 11:13, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sound example 

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message: I understand that Burton may have started the 'modern' four-mallet technique, but it seems as if Norvo and Rollini are being unfairly dismissed in this article. Rollini used four mallets on xylophone before he picked up bass sax and made his name on it. When bass sax went out of style, he switched back to a mallet instrument to keep gigging. And since he had started life playing piano, I think we can assume that he was able to think in a 'piano-like' way on vibes. I would re-phrase the sentence to say something like 'the four-mallet techniques of Norvo and Rollini were largely dropped by later players until resumed and developed further by Burton.' Here's a video of Rollini playing with four mallets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdNzCNQmGG0
MarkinBoston (talk) 19:19, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Four mallets 

message: In his autobiography Sixty Years in the Music Business, Nathaniel Shilkret claims that he requested the (or at least "a") vibraphone be invented for his Victor Salon Orchestra. He asked his drummer Joe Green to ask his brother George, who was a xylophonist, he could build the instrument. Can anyone speak to the veracity of this claim? (see page 112). AppaAliApsa (talk) 17:40, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nathaniel Shilkret 

message: Many of the sources I've found place Berg's Lulu as the first use of the vibraphone in classical music. This contradicts another piece in the vibraphone repertoire, Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite composed in 1931, 4 years earlier, which uses it in the second movement albeit as more of an effect. Can anyone weigh in? I would hate for something so notable to go uncorrected. Why? I Ask (talk) 05:33, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  First Classical Piece  

message: The lede ends with "...and in the marching arts (typically as part of the front ensemble)." But it's an electric instrument. Marching bands (I assume that is what "marching arts" with it's "front ensemble" refers to) don't normally use electric instruments, I don't think? I think marching bands use glockenspeils or something? Herostratus (talk) 03:50, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: There are electronic instruments in the front ensemble of a marching band, drum and bugle corps, or indoor percussion ensemble (i.e., the "marching arts"). There are even marching variations of the Vibraphone that were used before the development of the front ensemble, and that is why it clarifies "typically" (). Why? I Ask (talk) 05:11, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, I see, thanks--Herostratus (talk) 03:42, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marching instrument?