Historically, practice marimba options have been limited for percussionists in Houston and the surrounding areas such as Katy, Cypress, The Woodlands, Sugar Land, Pearland, or Friendswood. You would generally need to rent from Music and Arts or a local music shop.
Fortunately, Texas Marimbas, the leading practice marimba rental service in Dallas/Fort Worth has expanded to the Houston area. This gives Houston area percussionists access to 3-octave practice marimbas for only $35/mo and 4.3-octaves for $69/mo with free delivery, setup, and maintenance. You’ll see they have great google reviews so we expect it to be a big hit in Houston.
Texas Marimbas rents primarily Demorrow M1 or Marimba Warehouse MPM 3-octave marimbas. These are great for the beginner percussionist right up to the point they are starting 4-mallet exercises. With the low price point, Texas Marimabas has made the home practice marimba accessible to all percussionists.
Once the student outgrows the 3-octave, Texas Marimbas can upgrade the user to the 4.3-octave marimba with free delivery and pickup of their original 3-octave. This will allow the percussionist to practice 4-mallet exercises at home vs shared time on the school marimbas.
The combination of the low monthly price and incredibly convenient service at Texas Marimbas will help ensure many of the percussionists in Houston are able to obtain a practice marimba.
The new Texas Marimbas warehouse is located off Brittmore Road in the Spring Branch area of Houston. They are currently servicing Katy, Cypress, Richmond, Sugar Land, Fort Bend, Pearland, Friendswood, Spring, The Woodlands, Tomball and surrounding areas.
Other options for rentals in the Houston area are Music and Arts and H&H rentals.