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composer015
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I'm a composer and I've written a new composition that calls for the percussionists to play the Mahler Box. You know, the large wooden box (hit with a hammer) at the end of Mahler's Sixth Symphony!
Where can I get one without paying hundreds of dollars in rental fees? Is there a way to construct it or "find" it at a junkyard or something? What about the large hammer?
Any help would be appreciated.I'm kind of lost here. Thanks!!!
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JOhnlovemusic
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The "Mahler Box" can be made for cheap.
The instructions in the score for the Mahler Box is simply him requesting a short, strong, dull, hammer of NON-metalic sound. I've heard it is supposed to resemble th sound of a head being cut off with an Axe.
You could simply get a box made from good quality wood. Make it about 14 inches on top and bottom and about 24 inches high. Cut a good hole, or several holes for resonation. Then you can also make a gavel out of wood of any size, or perhaps use a rawhide hammer. That should do the trick I think.
(Or you could loosen the tension on one of the tympanies excessively until there is no definite pitch and hit that with a firm tympani mallet.).
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