RLaffoon

Go to the steve weiss link posted above, they have the greatest selection of both mallets and music at decent prices. Wind in the Bamboo Grove can be found in Kieko Abe's works for marimba book, you will not find it sold individually. If you have any further questions, they will be able to answer them by phone.

I played Merlin last year for I&E. The piece had to be spliced quite a bit to make the 4 minute time limit. It also had to be transposed up an octave in many places and several of the left hand intervals had to be inverted towards the end. I doubt that you will find many peices any more that you will be able to play straight up. You will have to test your skill as an arranger as well as a performer. Some corps have extended range marimbas, that makes things a little easier, but 4 minutes is hardly enough time to sell a piece in my opinion, Anyway, good luck. -Ray Laffoon Cavaliers marimba 2002-03