Ron

The founder and builder of perhaps the finest five-octave marimba in the world, Ron Samuels combines a reverence for fine woods with a trained ear from years of playing classical piano. Now his focus is how to derive an ever higher level of sound quality while maximizing the playing experience for the musician.

Ron and his marimba one friends walk  jungle paths in remote corners of Central America several times a year to personally select each and every piece of rosewood (and eat great rice and beans!). At our nearby mill in Central America, the wood is lovingly worked into rough key stock, under Ron’s direction, and shipped to marimba one’s headquarters in Arcata. Ron says, “We are very involved in the milling process to maximize the yield of high quality wood.” The best of the trees will be the basis of the exquisite natural sound that typifies marimba one’s world-class instruments.