How to Make a Bottle Marimba

[@baileyayyy5085]

Finally learning how to make grav bongs is actually useful

[@siarajoycebabad710]

Who went here because of KaBoom Percussions?! ✋ MAN THIS IS GENUIS.

[@alanizdreams3087]

oh thank u so much !!! I'm from Peru and i'm so delighted with this instrument , i definitely will try !

[@kayanabdimanggala997]

So cool and very easy to make it

[@starwolf2500gamer]

I am making this instrument right now.

[@gabem949]

Valve stems have a groove to snap around the hole in a rim, so you can pull it until it goes to the groove locking it in place

[@United_States_Of_America_124]

I want to make one of these because they’re awesome, but how would I seal it after if I only have one bicycle pump? Or would I just get another one?

[@g4mel3teplays13]

Vou tentar fazer um, bora ver se vai dar certo.

[@stunnaboyrichhollywoodrealstar]

Oh so this is the instrument playing my fever dream theme tune

[@kimberlyalves4944]

Obrigada

[@LokiDokie26]

So cool! I want to try and make one now! What size coke bottles did you use? And did you use the same size for all the notes, would bigger or smaller bottles be better for higher or lower pitches?

[@JetKyeChong]

I hope you do! I believe I used all 350ml bottles except a 1L for the big one. Smaller bottles generally achieve higher pitches :)

[@LokiDokie26]

Jet Kye Chong cool thank you!

[@bryanchacon6825]

This is amazing! Did you end up having to make a chart (or any way to keep track) of the correlations between the pressure in the bottle and the pitch it made? Or did you just play it by ear?

[@JetKyeChong]

Just tuned by ear :)

[@antgames1532]

If you guys have a tuner with a clip on microphone, or a guitar tuner, you can put it in the cap and tune that way

[@indemniti]

As beautiful as the music sounds, I can't watch this video because I can't hear the voice over the music. It's a bummer too because I think I'd like this video

[@Spaceman_spliff]

Use your eyes and all shall be revealed. I can hear his voice fine, btw. Thought the music was nice, and found the video to extremely informative.

[@simonlinser8286]

i was thinking couldn't one put dry ice into the bottle, experiment a bit... and once you know the right amount (a small amount very small) then you use a precise scale to measure the amount and tune the notes that way.

[@simonlinser8286]

@@Gccworship7 water...hmm i don't think it would do much, just because it's just gonna be liquid or evaporate but pressure won't change much. Dry ice just has a crazy phase curve so it takes a bunch of pressure and super cold to make it. At room temp and pressure it turns to a gas readily and stays as a gas, hence how it can make a bomb. But if you use a tiny bit it will just pressurize it. But the density will be higher than air. Won't require tuning though

[@ayuleony7254]

Hi, I'd like to know how do you make that pencil ? Can you tell me? I'd make this for some show 6months later

[@JetKyeChong]

Sorry Ayu, I wasn't notified of your comment! I just tied knots of yarn repeatedly onto the pencil, back and forth. But you can play it with anything, even chopsticks!

[@justlisten-fb1cm]

It sounds like a darbuka but tuned to melodic pitch

[@WorldFacts836]

Hi, I want to ask. How do you keep such high pressure in the bottle. I'm making one and the air always comes out from the side of the valve.

[@JetKyeChong]

Hi Rafi! Perhaps try making the hole in the cap smaller, and ensure it is circular. It takes quite some effort to push the valve through, but that helps the seal :)

[@Melonish]

Is there anything else that I can use instead of bicycle valves?

[@Mgr.PiotrKogut]

No

[@inesleite7524]

Where did you get this specific Valve?

[@iLoveClawdeen]

Ebay

[@fartwrangler]

I imagine that if a bottle explodes it makes shrapnel. So . . . what's the maximum safe pressure, or haw does one determine that without actually exploding a bottle and risking injurt? What pressures for what notes?

[@polzamora7492]

Buen video perooo yo no no hablo taka taka xd

[@stephengrube1532]

Yet another KZbin vídeo among thousands ruined by background music. Can hardly hear the narration. Do the makers of these videos actually LISTEN to what they've made? What a shame.

[@juanbrujo43]

I can't even hear what he said