What a surprise, I have a weak spot for vibes and always pick up any jazz albums with vibes on them when I'm out digging. So nice to see the inner workings of a vibraphone, thanks!
Dear Emma, I very much enjoyed your restoration video. I have a Jenco, I think a little older than yours, which I took totally apart for restoration more than 30 years ago. I completed new wood fabrication, polishing and chroming, and then other priorities in my life got in the way. I just recently decided I was inexcusably overdue to reassemble it. But, disassembling it 30 years ago results in my lack of memory on how much of it was originally assembled. So, your video is very opportune for me! Thanks!
Nice! Congrats on winning the battle. Nothing like vibes playing a maj9 chord with the motor effect going. Wayyyy back in high school band I was able to take a vibraphone home for the summer and had a lot of fun with it. I suppose I could've brought our Rhodes home, but the vibes were a lot easier to transport!
Thank you! And that's a funny sentence--the first time I've heard of a vibe replacing a rhodes, I'd have figured the Rhodes to be lighter! But probably not LOL
That's really cool. Congratulations on persevering and not letting the motor issues defeat you. I didn't even know a vibraphone had a motor. The instrument sounds great, too. Is it a keeper or will you sell it?
You will not get an appreciable speed increase by overvoltaging an induction motor. The listed speed is usually the nominal speed, a "tad bit" lower than the synchronous speed, which is 3600 divided by a small whole number (3000 respectively divided for 50Hz countries). Without increasing the frequency of the power supply to the motor, or having an external source of power to spin the shaft faster, you can't exceed or even reach the synchronous speed. The former case could be achieved by a VSD. In the latter case, the motor would act like a generator and backfeed power to the network once synchronous speed is exceeded. The "vibra" part is a misnomer because it is not a vibrato effect, but between a tremolo and LFO controlled resonance. But it sounds nice!
Thank you! Nothing was Jenco specific; I just ordered vibraphone specific paracord, and a few foot long vibraphone damper felt chunk that I cut down to size. The motor I found on ebay by searching the model number of the one I had.
Hi Steven, it was a Bodine Electric Company Model NSP-11R speed reducer motor. 1600 RPM, 115AC. Important: 2.7 Torque, the model will read the same but the torque values change
@@analogemma Hi Emma, how can you figure out the torque on these models? most of them dont have it written. And also, does a 208/240 V makes a difference. I'd really appreciate any guidance you would have into understanding these specs with old motors (especially if you have some recommended literature) Im a fan of your work. Thank you!
@@soultrane9074 Shit I'm sorry they don't give me notifications for these comment replies. I do not know the torque and unfortunately I just sold it to someone haha. I just looked up the model number of the motor on ebay and bought one
What a surprise, I have a weak spot for vibes and always pick up any jazz albums with vibes on them when I'm out digging. So nice to see the inner workings of a vibraphone, thanks!
I'm glad you enjoyed!!
Dear Emma, I very much enjoyed your restoration video. I have a Jenco, I think a little older than yours, which I took totally apart for restoration more than 30 years ago. I completed new wood fabrication, polishing and chroming, and then other priorities in my life got in the way. I just recently decided I was inexcusably overdue to reassemble it. But, disassembling it 30 years ago results in my lack of memory on how much of it was originally assembled. So, your video is very opportune for me! Thanks!
That's awesome, thank you for watching!
Beautiful instrument! Nice repair job
Thank you!!
instant subscribe for being such a sweet person and entertaining presenter. really enjoyed this guide
Thanks so much!!
Great work as always. I love anything vibe or fender Rhodes. that bell tone is so nice
Thank you so much!! My dad said it was a giant rhodes lol
Nice! Congrats on winning the battle.
Nothing like vibes playing a maj9 chord with the motor effect going. Wayyyy back in high school band I was able to take a vibraphone home for the summer and had a lot of fun with it. I suppose I could've brought our Rhodes home, but the vibes were a lot easier to transport!
Thank you! And that's a funny sentence--the first time I've heard of a vibe replacing a rhodes, I'd have figured the Rhodes to be lighter! But probably not LOL
@@analogemma The Rhodes had the whole speaker cabinet underneath, while the stand for the vibes collapsed easily. Seemed the right choice at the time!
home run, nice work!
Thank you!!
Between this and your lapsteels you could make quite the hawaiian album 🏝️
LOL, I don't have any lapsteels though 😋
That's really cool. Congratulations on persevering and not letting the motor issues defeat you. I didn't even know a vibraphone had a motor. The instrument sounds great, too. Is it a keeper or will you sell it?
Thank you! I think I'm going to make some more videos with it hopefully and then see what to do with it. Not the smallest instrument lol
You will not get an appreciable speed increase by overvoltaging an induction motor. The listed speed is usually the nominal speed, a "tad bit" lower than the synchronous speed, which is 3600 divided by a small whole number (3000 respectively divided for 50Hz countries).
Without increasing the frequency of the power supply to the motor, or having an external source of power to spin the shaft faster, you can't exceed or even reach the synchronous speed. The former case could be achieved by a VSD. In the latter case, the motor would act like a generator and backfeed power to the network once synchronous speed is exceeded.
The "vibra" part is a misnomer because it is not a vibrato effect, but between a tremolo and LFO controlled resonance. But it sounds nice!
Yes
Such an awesome restoration. Sounds amazing. Where did you get the motor, felt, and string from? I don’t see any Jenco specific stuff out there
Thank you! Nothing was Jenco specific; I just ordered vibraphone specific paracord, and a few foot long vibraphone damper felt chunk that I cut down to size. The motor I found on ebay by searching the model number of the one I had.
Thank you for this! Do you mind sharing where you purchased your replacement belt?
No problem, I got it off Ebay. I looked up "Jenco Vibraphone Belt"
@@analogemma Thank you again! Looks like there are no current listings. Do you mind sharing the approximate circumference of the belt you bought?
@@dapatrick Shit sorry they don't give me second reply notifications. Unfortunately I no longer have the vibraphone
Century Mallet Instrument Company in Chicago.
Cool project! We'll done.
Kroil and flitz are both top notch products. Semichrome polish is also as good if not better than flitz.
Agreed! Thank you!
I have a jenco vibraphone but no motor. Can you tell me the specs of the motor that it came with??
Hi Steven, it was a Bodine Electric Company Model NSP-11R speed reducer motor. 1600 RPM, 115AC. Important: 2.7 Torque, the model will read the same but the torque values change
Okay! And do you know the final RPM after the speed reduction?
@@analogemma Hi Emma, how can you figure out the torque on these models? most of them dont have it written. And also, does a 208/240 V makes a difference. I'd really appreciate any guidance you would have into understanding these specs with old motors (especially if you have some recommended literature) Im a fan of your work. Thank you!
@@soultrane9074 Shit I'm sorry they don't give me notifications for these comment replies. I do not know the torque and unfortunately I just sold it to someone haha. I just looked up the model number of the motor on ebay and bought one
@@stevenwendt7927 Sorry I never got a notification for this comment, I do not. Sorry that wasn't helpful lol