Made in Humboldt California

When Dennis Plies ordered a marimba from Ron Samuels in 1977, little did he know that he changed the course of keyboard percussion forever. This month, after 25 years, Plies came back to Arcata to see Ron with his beloved instrument.

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Angeline Schwab/For the Times-Standardtimes-standard.com/Created:   09/16/2012 02:38:56 AM PDT

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Kinetic Koffee, a gourmet organic coffee roaster located in Arcata, CA and serving customers throughout the US, has been featured in a new book on entrepreneurship called “The $100 Startup - Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future” written by Chris Guillebeau, available now in bookstores across the country as well as at on-line retailers.

Margaret Gainer and Angeline Schwab/For the Times-Standard times-standard.comCreated:   09/09/2012 02:39:52 AM PDT 

The designer and builder of perhaps the finest 5-octave concert marimbas in the world, Ron Samuels of Marimba One exhibits the California entrepreneurial spirit by combining a reverence for fine woods with a trained ear from years of playing classical piano.

 

 

Ron sourcing rosewood for his marimbas.