Enhanced/Basso Bravo

We select exceptional bars for projection, evenness, and balance to craft our Enhanced Keyboard. Combining our Enhanced Keyboard with Basso Bravo resonators produces a stunning and far-reaching sound that is unparalleled.

Enhanced/Basso Bravo Kudos

When I first took possession of my first recording studio last year, I was inspired with the goal of having something I've always wanted… a really nice tuned percussion section that would provide the heart and soul of my permanent 'in house' collection. I began finding vintage instruments from around the country, marimbas, xylophones, vibes, of as many varieties as I could, but I always knew i needed the center of the collection to be one exceptional extended range marimba.

All roads led to Ron Samuels and Marimba One. We talked about what my needs and expectations were and he went and built me an instrument that exceeded all my expectations. It's a thing of beauty, both sonically and visually. I've already used it in my latest score. It plays and records wonderfully. Thank you Marimba One.

Danny Elfman - Composer

Hi Ron, Just a quick note to let you know the new marimba arrived at the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra last week. I'm especially impressed (but not surprised) with the tone consistency throughout the keyboard, the high quality of the lower range, and the superior attention to every little detail. It will serve the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra extremely well. Thank you so much!

Michael Israelievitch - Principal Timpanist / Percussionist - The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Dear Ron,

The brilliance of the highest keys, the warm basement of the lower and the strong texture of the middle let every melody shine. Inspired from this sound I’m writing music for my Mallet-Duet "two/one", sometimes I’m thinking of renaming it to "TWOmarimbaONE" :)

It’s a beauty, I love it!

Thank for your warm welcome to the marimba one community, your professional and fair "transatlantic-trade".All the best, Matthias Goebel, Cologne

Matthias Goebel

Hello Ron,

Thank you for building my marimba. It’s a great instrument. I’m happy to play on it!

Michael Zeller

I would like to express my admiration for your outstanding product and thank you for receiving such a beautiful instrument which helps and inspires me and my students to make better music. I am very exited by the sound and especially the equality throughout the whole instrument. Also the frame elevating system looks solid and good and I'm sure it will last for many years to come. You are truly the leading in the world!!

Odense Conservatory - Soren Monrad

Thanks again for the wonderful instruments that you are building for us. We are extremely ecstatic with the addition of our fourth 5 octave marimba for our high school Cedar Ridge. We are hoping to obtain a 4 1/3 in the near future as well. I also received the box of mallets and am so so grateful. They are going to be of great use for our performances and auditions and now we have samples for testing for the percussionist know what to purchase... Super quality stuff!!!!! We are so excited for our future endeavours with all of the great things that are happening with the program. Once again, Thanks for all of your considerations for my programs throughout. Take care and God bless

Rick Rodriguez, Cedar Ridge Percussion Ensemble

The marimba is fantastic! There's nothing better than an instrument that makes you WANT to practice!

Patric Buchroeder

I could not have asked for a better instrument! It is an absolute privilege to play on a marimba with such quality in the sound, feel and craftsmanship. Thank you to Ron and the team at Marimba One for building this for me! It's a dream!

Nick Bruno

Hi!

Thank you for a fantastic sounding instrument! We are also very happy with the sturdy frame and the extra "boost" from the Basso Bravo resonators. I’m sure it’ll serve us well for years to come.

Sincerely,
Jon Klavenæs
Percussionist
Royal Norwegian Navy Band

Royal Norwegian Navy Band

Hello Ron,

I want to say thank you for the beautiful instrument that was delivered to me just a few days ago. I'm loving having my new Marimba One in my studio at home. It's been a long time coming. Thank you!!

Ed Stephen - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Hey!

I got my marimba today! It is perfect and sounds great! Thank you so much for everything. I appreciate it.

Heather

Heather Church

Hi Ron,

Thank you so much for your time and dedication and continuing to deliver high quality instruments! I get along with my new marimba very well since it arrived last month! I will perform in an event tomorrow and I can't wait to share beautiful "Marimba One" music with others :DSincerely,

-Andrew Lin

Andrew Lin

Dear Mr. Ron Samuels,

Thank you so much. I'm doing great and very happy with my new marimba. I really want to say "Thank you very much for built a great marimba for me". It's AWESOME and EXCELLENT instrument!!!! I love it!!!!

Wishing you and your family have a great time and always happy.

Best Regards,

Thitiphan Natnakhin

Thailand

Thitiphan Natnakhin

I really love the sound. Last weekend I performed the first time with the marimba for a recital with my saxophone-percussion duo, and one of my former teachers who came to the concert remarked that the marimba sound was incredible, especially the fully resonating basses (Basso Bravo). So I have to say thank you to all you guys too for building such a beautiful instrument. I'm also really happy with the construction, it's easy to handle but still very strong and without any rattling sound, and that's what I need.

Vincent Caers

My friend and GMU School of Music Percussion Coordinator John Kilkenny has reminded me of our proud ownernship of two new Marimba One instruments. Mason is most fortunate to have instruments of such excellent craftsmanship. I look forward to becoming better acquainted with these world-class instruments this fall from the podium with our University Wind Symphony and from the audience during performances of our percussion ensemble directed by Prof. Kilkenny. I know our students will benefit enormously from having the opportunity to play on these extraordinary instruments.

With Sincere Appreciation,

Mark Camphouse

Mark Camphouse - Professor, School of Music, George Mason University

The marimba arrived yesterday! It is beautiful in all respects. I am very impressed with the evenness in sound across the instrument as well as the "improved" bass sound. We are very pleased! Thanks so much.

Tomm Roland - University of Nebraska, Omaha

I'm also really happy with the construction, it's easy to handle but still very strong and without any rattling sound, and that's what I need. So, thank you and the pleasure is all mine.

Vincent Caers

We received the marimba this afternoon. It is so beautiful and sounds exactly as I was expecting. Just beautiful, warm, round sound. We, at the Conservatoire, are very happy with the instrument.

Clarissa de Borba - Le Mans Conservatoire

Dear Ron,

I wanna say thank you for this great marimba!! I am absolutely satisfied!! It is very great playing the marimba!! Thanks a lot for your fantastic job!!!

Best regards

Michael Gluecker, Germany

Michael Gluecker

Thanks Ron,

I LOVE the marimba. I got hooked on Marimba One marimbas when I was in college at WTAMU so I started saving. 10 years later and with the help of my wife I finally had enough to buy one! Now I can practice great solo literature again at home to play for my students and other events.

Jon Seale

Hi Ron.

Please don’t thank me; your own quality did all the work.
Just before asking you to make a marimba for me, I did the US tour with concerts and master classes at Juilliard, New England Conservatory, Hartt School, New York University etc. last autumn. And on this tour I played on the marimbas available, as it would have been too high a cost to bring my own marimba to the US. And it was really a good experience for me to play the same program on all the different kinds of marimbas (Yamaha, Marimba One, Musser, Malletech etc.). During the tour I felt, that every time I played a Marimba One, I felt more relaxed and safe, and played much better compared to the rest of the marimbas where I was “fighting” to get good sound. And for me, that’s one of the MOST important things when you play – to relax, as ALL tensions limit the expressions, sound quality etc. It works just like the difference of a concert hall with good acoustics and one with bad acoustics; when you perform in a concert hall with bad acoustics, you have to “fight” to get the sound out there, in comparison to good acoustics when you can relax and your music gets all the possibilities to come out, as well as being able to focus more on the music itself…
I don’t know if all this makes sense in English, but this is the way I felt with Marimba One during the tour (and still feel..) – so the instrument absolutely “sold itself” to me (and with a little help from Morgan…). So please don’t thank me…

I can tell you, that Edition Svitzer is planning a tour for me in September where I’ll be doing master classes and concerts on music academies in the Scandinavian countries, and this time I really look forward to bringing my new Marimba One!!

Thank you for such a great instrument! (everybody are jealous of me, haha) J
Best regards,
Ronni

Ronni Kot Wenzell

Dear Ron.

I’m very happy for my new Marimba One, and I also hope that I’ll be happy playing on it for many years from now on.

Sincerely

Anne Cathrine Kielland Lund, Denmark

Anne Catherine Kielland Lund

Dear Ron,

The marimba arrived on Tuesday and I have a million and one awesome things to say about how amazing the instrument looks and sounds. It's just how I imagined it. I love the great sound quality and pure tone throughout the keyboard. Particularly the lower end register is phenomenal, and also the entire instrument is perfectly balanced. Thank you also for the plaque. An absolutely perfect marimba!

I hope to one day come over to Arcata, CA and visit the factory and see the great craftsmanship that goes into every single marimba.

Many thanks and best wishes to you all at Marimba One!

Matthew Farthing

Matthew Farthing - UK

Enhanced/Basso Bravo Institutions

101st Airborne Division

ADMA Academy Music and Dramatic Arts

Akademia Muzycna Poznan

Argyle High School

Berklee College of Music, Boston

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Bethel University

Boston Conservatory of Music

Cedar Ridge High School

Chulalongkorn University

Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Copperas Cove High School

DePaul University

Frenship High School

George Mason University, School of Music

Glendale Community College

Glenville State College

Henry County Schools

Hochschule fur Musik, Nurnberg

Ju Percussion Group

Kent State University

Kunitachi College of Music

Le Mans Conservatoire

McCallum High School

Middle Tennessee State University

Music Academy in Frankfurt / Main

Nagoya School of Music

North Forney High School

Northern Arizona University

Ohio University at Athens

Redbridge Music School

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Southern Utah University

Spring High School

Taipei Symphony Orchestra

Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi

Texas Tech University at Lubbock

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

University Mozarteum Salzburg

University of Chicago, Dept of Music

University of Lethbrige

University of Nebraska, Omaha

University of South Florida

University of Texas at San Antonio

University of Wisconsin at La Crosse

Waller High School

Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music