Thank you I didn't know about the selective mallet dampering option. You just increased my ability to make beautiful music! 😍 I would suggest to take natural drumsticks do it because it gets double bounce recoil on a hard surface the same way that you would if you were just bouncing drumsticks on a countertop and trying to see how quickly you could recoil bounce. Except now you have control of tone depending upon where your sticks are bouncing. 😁
Dude i aquired a Jenco recently. It's an older '50s thats missing a motor. Ive sourced something that should work, but im going to disassemble, clean, replace damaged trim or plastics sides before i install the new motor and belts. Found belts online. 3 octave also
Nice. Mine has proven to be more reliable than the several newer, larger, more professional vibes at the school district where I work. It doesn’t sound quite as good, but the pedal/damper mechanisms on new full size vibes are made of glass and prayers I think. They break down often.
Just set up my 1960s-era Jenco vibes for the first time in 30+ years. When you oiled yours up, did you put oil in the Bodine Electric motor? There's a small flap on the motor and my memory tells me I used to put a drop or two of 3-in-1 oil in there. Thanks.
No, I didn’t. The motors seems to run well so I didn’t even think of it. Now I’ll have to look for the flap. I oiled up the shafts that hold the paddles or flapper things that go over the resonators. They didn’t want to turn at first and the belt was slipping, but with enough cleaning and oil they move fine now. It’s funny a lot of my students insult my vibes for being small and old but then I remind them that none of the 4 much newer Musser or Adams or Yamaha vibraphones at school have working motors and 2/4 dont have fully functional dampers. My 60 year old tiny Jenco has both. Then they go “oh yeah, I guess you’re right”
@@RyanAlexanderBloom Thanks. I also dropped oil into the holes in the supports for the shafts and that helped. It's working fine. I learned that 3-in-One now makes a version for electric motors. I may try that. I'm getting it in good enough working condition to give to a music school. Somebody should put it to good use.
If you’re asking about a Jenco, they haven’t made them in 40 years. So it’s anyones guess where to get another. If you just mean any vibes, try eBay, reverb, or various Facebook groups for used ones. Or any percussion retailer for new ones.
I have one at home, is little like that little one of yours and sometimes i play Beethoven's Fur Elize by listening cause i don't know to read music. Once i tried to play Joe Satriani's Crushing day catching the solo by listening but was too much. 😁😁😁😁🤣🤣
I realize they aren’t high performance quality. Having an entire mallet instrument shipped isn’t cheap, no matter how bad or good it is, and there are never, ever large mallet instruments for sale in my area that I could buy in person. So, this was a reasonable purchase given my circumstances. Also “quality-wise” they’re tough as nails. There are 4 vibes where I work: Musser, Adams, Adams, Majestic, and they all have issues with the dampers or pedals or frames… they’re falling apart. The motors don’t work. They’re all newer and supposedly better instruments than Jenco, but the 60 year old beginner Jenco is still functioning without issue. It’s more robust., actually. The only thing it needed was a new string and that happens to every mallet instrument periodically. It also fit nicely in my tiny space, which a graduated bar instrument never would. Don’t look down on Jenco or assume I got fleeced. I know what it is and it’s actually the right instrument for the job. I wouldn’t trade it. A guy I know has a similarly sized Leedy (I think) with chromed bars and pearlescent wrap… it sounds a little better, but it’s not as sturdy. Doesn’t function as well. It’s actually more of a pain to deal with than this tank of a beginner instrument.
Thank you I didn't know about the selective mallet dampering option.
You just increased my ability to make beautiful music! 😍
I would suggest to take natural drumsticks do it because it gets double bounce recoil on a hard surface the same way that you would if you were just bouncing drumsticks on a countertop and trying to see how quickly you could recoil bounce.
Except now you have control of tone depending upon where your sticks are bouncing. 😁
Dude i aquired a Jenco recently. It's an older '50s thats missing a motor. Ive sourced something that should work, but im going to disassemble, clean, replace damaged trim or plastics sides before i install the new motor and belts. Found belts online. 3 octave also
Nice. Mine has proven to be more reliable than the several newer, larger, more professional vibes at the school district where I work. It doesn’t sound quite as good, but the pedal/damper mechanisms on new full size vibes are made of glass and prayers I think. They break down often.
Just set up my 1960s-era Jenco vibes for the first time in 30+ years. When you oiled yours up, did you put oil in the Bodine Electric motor? There's a small flap on the motor and my memory tells me I used to put a drop or two of 3-in-1 oil in there. Thanks.
No, I didn’t. The motors seems to run well so I didn’t even think of it. Now I’ll have to look for the flap. I oiled up the shafts that hold the paddles or flapper things that go over the resonators. They didn’t want to turn at first and the belt was slipping, but with enough cleaning and oil they move fine now. It’s funny a lot of my students insult my vibes for being small and old but then I remind them that none of the 4 much newer Musser or Adams or Yamaha vibraphones at school have working motors and 2/4 dont have fully functional dampers. My 60 year old tiny Jenco has both. Then they go “oh yeah, I guess you’re right”
@@RyanAlexanderBloom Thanks. I also dropped oil into the holes in the supports for the shafts and that helped. It's working fine. I learned that 3-in-One now makes a version for electric motors. I may try that. I'm getting it in good enough working condition to give to a music school. Somebody should put it to good use.
Where can I buy one with a full set of keys?
If you’re asking about a Jenco, they haven’t made them in 40 years. So it’s anyones guess where to get another. If you just mean any vibes, try eBay, reverb, or various Facebook groups for used ones. Or any percussion retailer for new ones.
I have one at home, is little like that little one of yours and sometimes i play Beethoven's Fur Elize by listening cause i don't know to read music.
Once i tried to play Joe Satriani's Crushing day catching the solo by listening but was too much.
😁😁😁😁🤣🤣
Jencos are low end vibes, quality wise, worth about $500.
I realize they aren’t high performance quality. Having an entire mallet instrument shipped isn’t cheap, no matter how bad or good it is, and there are never, ever large mallet instruments for sale in my area that I could buy in person. So, this was a reasonable purchase given my circumstances. Also “quality-wise” they’re tough as nails. There are 4 vibes where I work: Musser, Adams, Adams, Majestic, and they all have issues with the dampers or pedals or frames… they’re falling apart. The motors don’t work. They’re all newer and supposedly better instruments than Jenco, but the 60 year old beginner Jenco is still functioning without issue. It’s more robust., actually. The only thing it needed was a new string and that happens to every mallet instrument periodically. It also fit nicely in my tiny space, which a graduated bar instrument never would. Don’t look down on Jenco or assume I got fleeced. I know what it is and it’s actually the right instrument for the job. I wouldn’t trade it. A guy I know has a similarly sized Leedy (I think) with chromed bars and pearlescent wrap… it sounds a little better, but it’s not as sturdy. Doesn’t function as well. It’s actually more of a pain to deal with than this tank of a beginner instrument.
SCORE! While they aren't, I still consider vibes as synths. :)
They makes vibes with a pickup in the frame. You can run the output through effects pedals and to an amp. That’s pretty much the same as a synth.
@@RyanAlexanderBloom with one?!