bar cord
- Rating
- Posted by
- bruce borden
- Date Posted
- 09/05/2022
very good for the money. had more than enough to do the job.
very good for the money. had more than enough to do the job.
I threaded the Musser Bar Cord, making a point with masking tape. I tied a knot at the end without a problem. She adapts to the instrument as if she were born with it. I managed to clean up the sound of the instrument, marimba Leedy & Ludwig # 5649. I made some wooden supports for the legs, in order to raise it, to which I put felt underneath. I was very happy, really
Cord material is of high guality
First time in over 35 years that I've had to replace the cord. So happy Steve Weiss had the product in stock. Don't know what I would have done. See you in 35 more years :-)
First, I was a little surprised when my Musser bar cord arrived packaged in a ziplock bag. This implies that the cord is just cut off from a larger warehouse spool, which would account its fraying ends. I was disappointed at the quality of the cord. To me, it just seemed like a more expensive version of parachute cord. Because of this, I returned my Musser bar cord and bought Adams bar cord (a much better deal, coming with two cords with closed ends and four springs). The only redeeming quality about the Musser cord is its small diameter, only 1/8 of an inch, so it will fit almost every instrument. The Adams bar cord is about 15/64 of an inch (almost 1/4), so check your bar's hole diameter before buying it.
My cord broke just at the wrong time when my classes needed it the most PANIC!-----enter Steve Weiss Music--after placing my order--- BEFORE I KNEW IT MY ORDER WAS ON MY DESK----LOOK FORWARD TO SHOPPING WITH THEM AGAIN---I work in a music dept. and am in contact with music students, faculty, and performers and will refer them over and over again------GREAT COMPANY
Definitely rings longer with fresh cord and there was more than enough to do my vintage Musser Windsor Vibes. Ignore the review about the ends being unfinished, that allows the housing to move around the core and work out kinks, plus you'll be trimming it to fit your instrument anyway. I taped (auto quality masking tape is what I had handy) a small piece of wire to the end to thread it. Pastry easy. I briefly passed a flame over the ends after I tied them off to tidy up, probably totally unnecessary as the ends are hidden inside the tension springs...
Quick and easy!
The cord should really come with finished ends. It makes it really difficult to thread the bars with unfinished ends.