Marimba
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Instrument family | Percussion Instruments |
|---|---|
| Orchestral percussion | |
| Pitched percussion instrument | |
| Place of origin | Guatemala |
| Mexico | |
| Costa Rica | |
| Nicaragua | |
| Honduras | |
| West Africa | |
| Related instrument | Glockenspiel |
| Glass marimba | |
| Classification | Percussion Instruments |
| Founders | Kim Polese |
| Arthur van Hoff | |
| Sami Shaio | |
| Jonathan Payne | |
| Headquarters | Mountain View |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 807287 |
About Marimba
The marimba is a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with yarn or rubber mallets to produce musical tones. Resonators or pipes suspended underneath the bars amplify their sound.