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Adams Concert Xylophones offers the ultimate in both sound and quality. Its carefully selected Honduras rosewood bars are manufactured slightly wider than standard. Concert Xylophones are available in 2 tuning options, octave tuning and quint tuning. The octave tuned instrument has a clear and brilliant sound and is mostly used in European countries. An octave tuned instrument has the first overtone 2 octaves above the fundamental.

The quint tuned instrument has a quint tuned in between the fundamental and the double octave, this results in a clear the and brilliant sound. Quint tuned instruments produces a short, penetrating attack that cuts though the largest orchestra and ensemble. Quint tuning was used on the classic American Xylophones of the 20’s and 30’s.

Xylophone Concert

Xylophone Concert

XC1HV40
Range: 4 oct. C4-C8 quint
Bars: Rosewood 48-40 mm
Pitch A: 442 Hz.
Frame: Voyager
Length: 165 cm
Low end: 90 cm
High end: 35 cm
Height adjustment: 80-100 cm


Xylophone Concert

XC2HV40
Range: 4 oct. C4-C8
Bars: Rosewood 48-40 mm
Pitch A: 442 Hz.
Frame: Voyager
Length: 165 cm
Low end: 68 cm
High end: 35cm
Height adjustment: 80-100 cm


Xylophone Solist

Adams Solist Xylophones start with a 3 octave desktop model with full size bars in light rosewood. The following models are ether 31/2 octave or 4 octave, booth available in octave and quint tuning. The octave tuned instrument has a clear and brilliant sound and is mostly used in European countries. An octave tuned instrument has the first overtone 2 octaves above the fundamental. The quint tuned instrument has a quint tuned in between the fundamental and the double octave, this results in a clear the and brilliant sound.

XS2LD30 Cover Flightcase (Concert & Solist)
XS2LD30 Cover Flightcase (Concert & Solist)

Quint tuned instruments produces a short, penetrating attack that cuts though the largest orchestra and ensemble. Light rosewood is a hard, good sounding wood for a very affordable price. Honduras rosewood has long been considered the perfect for the production of mallet instruments. A rich balanced sound is the result when Adams’ skilled craftsmen produce bars from the selected Honduras rosewood. All xylophones are with our patented height adjustable voyager frame. Rails and resonators are fold in half for easy transportation.

Xylophone Concert

XS2HV40
Range: 4 oct. C4-C8
Bars: Rosewood 43-381/2 mm
Pitch A: 442 Hz.
Frame: Voyager
Length: 156 cm
Low end: 68 cm
High end: 35 cm
Height adjustment: 80-100 cm


Xylophone Concert

XS2HV35
Range: 3.5 oct. F4-C8
Bars: Rosewood 381/2 mm
Pitch A: 442 Hz.
Frame: Voyager
Length: 141 cm
Low end: 68 cm
High end: 35 cm
Height adjustment: 80-100 cm


Xylophone Concert

XS1HV40
Range: 4 oct. C4-C8 quint
Bars: Rosewood 43-381/2 mm
Pitch A: 442 Hz.
Frame: Voyager
Length: 156 cm
Low end: 75 cm
High end: 35 cm
Height adjustment: 80-100 cm


Xylophone Concert

XS1HV35
Range: 3.5 oct. F4-C8 quint
Bars: Rosewood 381/2 mm
Pitch A: 442 Hz.
Frame: Voyager
Length: 141 cm
Low end: 68 cm
High end: 35 cm
Height adjustment: 80-100 cm


Xylophone Concert

XS2LV40
Range: 4 oct. C4-C8
Bars: Light rosewood 43-381/2 mm
Pitch A: 442 Hz.
Frame: Voyager
Length: 156 cm
Low end: 68 cm
High end: 35 cm
Height adjustment: 80-100 cm


Xylophone Concert

XS2LV35
Range: 3.5 oct. F4-C8
Bars: Light rosewood 381/2 mm
Pitch A: 442 Hz.
Frame: Voyager
Length: 141 cm
Low end: 68 cm
High end: 35 cm
Height adjustment: 80-100 cm


Xylophone Concert

XS1KV35
Range: 3.5 oct. F4-C8 quint
Bars: Zelon 381/2 mm
Pitch A: 442 Hz.
Frame: Voyager
Length: 141 cm
Low end: 75 cm
High end: 35 cm
Height adjustment: 80-100 cm


Xylophone Concert

XS2KV35
Range: 3.5 oct. F4-C8
Bars: Zelon 381/2 mm
Pitch A: 442 Hz.
Frame: Voyager
Length: 141 cm
Low end: 68 cm
High end: 35 cm
Height adjustment: 80-100 cm


Xylophone Concert

XS2LD30
Range: 3 oct. C5-C8
Bars: Light rosewood 381/2 mm
Pitch A: 442 Hz.
Frame: Voyager
Length: 121 cm
Low end: 58 cm
High end: 35 cm

 
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