Rosewood Vs. Kelon

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Rosewood Vs. Kelon

Post by malletphreak » Thu Mar 18, 2004 11:16 am

Hey... yep yep so which do you prefer...

personally I love the rich and articulate sound you get out of Rosewood...


ofcourse rosewood keyboards cost an arm, a leg and then some...

(maybe thats why I don't own an instrument yet...)
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Post by BKdrummer » Thu Mar 18, 2004 1:46 pm

Well if u can keep it indoors and not ever bring it outside I would say rosewood,but with the marching band activity i'd say kelon because its more durable to the weather.

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Post by Spyder » Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:16 pm

a line up here had a NIIIICE rosewood..... it got rained on... kelons probobly a better investment
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Post by malletphreak » Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:29 pm

Spyder wrote:a line up here had a NIIIICE rosewood..... it got rained on... kelons probobly a better investment

i crinched at the sound of that... :shock:
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Post by Spyder » Thu Mar 18, 2004 11:37 pm

im sorry... lol i wont repeat myself
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Post by MalleTragic » Thu Mar 18, 2004 11:45 pm

Synthetic is much better for high schools, unless they're willing to have a rosewood instrument that they simply don't take outdoors. However, for concert, obviously, nothing beats the sound of a rosewood instrument, especially an 30's or 40's Deagan.

I rent an instrument from my teacher, which is an old Musser 4 octave. It sounds great, but rosewood definetly does not belong outdoors.
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Post by Spyder » Fri Mar 19, 2004 12:04 am

MalleTragic wrote:...rosewood definetly does not belong outdoors.
man you can say that again
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Post by malletphreak » Fri Mar 19, 2004 12:11 am

MalleTragic wrote:However, for concert, obviously, nothing beats the sound of a rosewood instrument, especially an 30's or 40's Deagan.
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Post by 8-ball » Fri Mar 19, 2004 8:21 pm

Rosewood does not belong outdoors in my opinion. But I see a variety of groups that have the money to replace the keys every year use them.

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Post by malletphreak » Fri Mar 19, 2004 11:18 pm

Alright my opinion... yes Rosewood belong indoors and indoors only... when it comes to out doors I prefer Kelon... Yammies Acoustalons (sp) are awesome outdoors...
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Post by wholelottasaywhat? » Sun Mar 21, 2004 1:59 am

I believe Vanguard and Phantom Regiment use Rosewood Marimbas outdoors. So I personally wouldn't say they don't belong outdoors. I think that is a poor statement. Try.....Unless you have a load of money to spend replacing keys every year (or an endorsement), you'd be better off long-term with Synthetic. Something like that. Soundwise Yamaha Acoustalons are my favorite of the synthetics. Just my opinion...

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