Adams XCHV40 Xylophone 4.0 Octave Concert Series Rosewood Xylophone with Voyager Frame - Must ship by Freight
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 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.
