BM 1600
Series 1600 Bass Metallophone
Features
- 16 bars (6 bars 36 x 10 mm, 10 bars 32 x 8 mm) made of bright aluminum
- Diatonic bass metallophone, C – A1
- Resonator box crafted from solid pine
- Attached handles for easy transportation and stand support
- Multiple resonance chambers for exceptional sound quality
- Harmonic overtone tuning
- Flexible pins
- Includes F# and Bb bars and pair of S 33 mallets.
Sound Samples
BM 1600 with one mallet
BM 1600 with two mallets
Replacement Parts
- Bars BMS-01 #_
- Pins AM-03
- Tubing XM-08
- Mallets S 33
Teaching With Orff
- Lesson: Harry’s Horrible Hair
- An Invitation to Reflect
- Hickory Dickory Dock – An Exploration in Sound
- Making It Work: Relearning the Music Room
- Making It Work: Summer Reading 2021
- Lesson: Block, Paper, Rhythms
- Inspiration from Fellow Music Educators
- Lesson: Incredibox to the Rescue
- Making It Work: Summer Orff Levels
- Types of Borduns in Elementary General Music

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