The girl, her obligations discharged with the religious gesture, tapped the marimba shyly, fascinated, and drew her finger back sharply, smiling up at Brian in apology for her naughtiness.
As if the candle-flame had found its own way, Brian was standing by the ancient marimba in the main hall, the light slanting carelessly away from his thin, high-veined hand.
Others assert that the Indians have known the marimba time out of mind, and undoubtedly invented it.
The tones of the marimba resemble those of the xylophone, which has recently become so popular, except that they are louder and more resonant.
The marimba is constructed of twenty-one pieces of split bamboo of graded lengths, strung upon two bars of the same wood according to harmonic sequence, thus furnishing three octaves.
Another form of Marimba is popular amongst the natives of Guatemala, in Central America.
The Marimba is played with drum-sticks of rubber, and the tone is good and powerful.
This form of Marimba is also met with amongst the natives of Costa Rica.
