Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 508 - Jim McCarthy

Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito · Aug 20, 2026

Episode 508 - Jim McCarthy Pete's Percussion Podcast

Saskatchewan-based instrument designer, builder, tuner, and band arranger Jim McCarthy stops by to talk about all of his current work, along with the mallet bar retuning process (03:45), his Canadian Percussion Network conference presentations on his contrabass marimba and vibraphone motor manipulation (18:20), growing up in Adelaide (AUS), his interest in many musical genres and beginning on drumset, and the sports, music education, and weather scene in southern Australia (50:05), his time in undergrad at the University of Adelaide…