Marimbas
Soloist
Adams Soloist Series Marimbas offer the same precision construction methods and many of the great features from the Artist and Concert Series Marimbas. Soloist Marimbas have keyboard and size options ideal for beginners and schools looking for a high quality, wooden bar instrument at an extremely affordable price.
Adams Soloist Series Marimbas feature the choice between select Honduras Rosewood bars or extremely economical African Padouk wood bars. Padouk bars offer an excellent alternative to Rosewood by producing a beautifully warm, woody sound at a fraction of the cost. Unlike other student model marimbas, all of the bars within the Soloist Series are graduated in width and slightly narrower than the Artist Series bars, enabling easier mallet spreads for beginning percussionists.
Soloist Series resonators are welded for strength and noise-free dependability and styled with a durable powder-coated finish. Both the rails and resonators fold in half, allowing the instruments to easily fit in the trunk of almost any car.


Soloist Series Marimbas
- Model Numbers
MSHV
MSPV
MSPVJ
- BARS
MSH: Honduras Rosewood, MSP: Padouk
- TUNGING
Alpha Tuning System
- RAILS
Vinyl wrapped Black Tolex
- RESONATORS
Power-coated finish
- FRAMES
Voyager Frame
- RANGE
3.0, 4.0, 4.3 Octaves
- ACCESSORIES
Protective short drop cover, 1 pair MB1 mallets included
Soft bag sets, flight cases available separately
Configurations
Model Number | Description | Bars | Tuning | Range | Bar Width | Length | Low End | High End | Height Adj. | Weight |
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MSPVJ30 | 3.0 Octave Soloist Series Marimba | Padouk | A=442 Hz. | C3 - C6 | 2.3" – 1.6” | 53.9" | 29.5" | 18.1" | 29.5"-37.4" | 132 lbs |
MSPVJ40 | 4.0 Octave Soloist Series Marimba (special order only) | Padouk | A=442 Hz. | C3 - C7 | 65" | 29.5" | 15.7" | 29.5"-37.4" | 140 lbs | |
MSPV43 | 4.3 Octave Soloist Series Marimba | Padouk | A=442 Hz. | A2 - C7 | 2.3" – 1.6” | 72.8" | 35.4" | 15.7" | 33.4"-41.3" | 147 lbs |
MSHV43 | 4.3 Octave Soloist Series Marimba | Honduras Rosewood | A=442 Hz. | A2 - C7 | 2.3” – 1.6" | 72.8" | 35.4" | 15.7" | 33.4"-41.3" | 147 lbs |