Vibraphone/xylophone/marimba in Klezmer music

[mashke <mashke...>]

I've noticed that, especially when I listen to vintage Klezmer recordings, that 
there is a malleted instrument that is a Vibraphone/xylophone/marimba, probably 
a marimba.

I don't recall a discussion of the use of the marimba in Klezmer band around 
the turn of the last century. The sound makes it seems like it is an attempt to 
recreate the sound of the tsimbl with contemporary instruments.

Thoughts on this hypothesis?

Dick Rosenberg

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