Spectrasound 35-Bar Mark Tree Damper Bar

The Mark Tree Story… The year was 1967 and one of LA’s busiest studio percussionists was in search of a new percussive effect. After experimenting by suspending house keys and other small metallic items, he hand cut a series of graduated metal cylinders and strung them in sequence on a wooden bar. With a sweep of his hand, a shimmery, sonorous, microtonal scale was produced. The sound of this invention was so unique that word quickly spread around LA. Soon enough, every top West Coast session percussionist included the new instrument on recording dates. Having no idea what to call the exotic new instrument, legendary percussionist Emil Richards suggested naming it the Mark Tree.  And, so the Mark Tree was born. Spectrasound was founded in the 1960s specifically to manufacture the new Mark Tree. Since that time, the Mark Tree has been heard on countless recordings, TV shows, and movie soundtracks. When the Spectrasound company closed its doors in 2003, the original Mark Tree became