Founded in 1932 by Mr. Albert Bergerault, the Bergerault company has not only inherited the name of its founder but also his creative spirit. Throughout its 86 years of existence, thanks to artists, composers, and performers, Bergerault has continuously innovated and invented new instruments.
Some of their creations have remained unique, such as the quarter-tone glockenspiel and vibraphone at the Geneva Conservatory, the monumental bell set at the International Watchmaking Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds, or the 4-octave xylophone-woodblock at the Percussions de Strasbourg.
Others, like the first four-octave vibraphone made in 1966 for the ORTF orchestra, the first glockenspiel with pedal dampener for the “Percussions de Strasbourg,” the first bass marimba for Alain Londeix, or the first flat superposable keyboard xylophone for the Radio France orchestra, have become standards adopted worldwide by the greatest orchestras and soloists.
Today, run by the third generation, Albert's grandchildren, the company, which retains its name, remains the only one of its kind in France and is still guided by the demanding, benevolent, and innovative vision of its founder. It continues the production of Bergerault instruments: xylophones, marimbas, vibraphones, glockenspiels, and sets of bells; and educational instruments for children and adult beginners, in partnership with Peripole USA for the Orff method, and innovates in timpani and orchestral furniture.
Renowned for its high-quality sound, Bergerault instruments are played worldwide by numerous orchestras and percussionists:
the Paris Opera, the ORTF (later Radio France), the Percussions de Strasbourg, the Bolshoi Theatre, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Opera House, the Michel Legrand Orchestra, and the Tours Opera. Michel Hausser (France), Li Biao (China), Karol Szymanowski (Poland), Ricardo Angellini (Italy), Quatuor Beat (France), Jean-François Durez (France), the Mallet Workshop (France), Mark Ford (USA), Francesca Santangelo (Italy)...
Bergerault 4.3 Performer marimba – Padouk bars
- Range: 4.3 oct. A2-C7
- Tuning A=442 Hz
- Dark mahogany removable & foldable frame
- Aluminum powder coated resonators – bronze finish
- 4 castors Ø 100 mm, 2 with brakes
- Adjustable height with hydropneumatic jacks
- Bars width: 60 to 40 mm
- Bars thickness: 24 mm
- Length: 1980 mm
- Width: 860 to 320 mm
- Adjustable height: 860 to 970 mm
- With cover and mallets