Alexander Graham Bell's first useful ringer was ironically a bell that was struck by a solenoid controlled hammer. Fast forward to the iPhone's original "marimba" ringtone, an audio file of a wooden ...

While you might stick with a classic ringer or vibration, the iPhone still comes with stock sound effects you can pair to your various notifications. You've got the dog-confusing "Bark," the jaunty ...

Southern California Marimba puts on salons where you can hear the couch-sized instrument in all its glory.

MetroGnome's remix of some of the iPhone's most iconic sounds is one of the best we've heard yet. The remix features the tunes of ringtones like "Marimba," "Opening," and "Xylophone," with a brief ...

Nope, that’s not your iPhone ringing, it’s just a music video. Hollywood-based band Mars Argo turned Apple’s iconic ‘Marimba’ ringtone into a hook for their new music video, “Don’t Call Me.” Whether ...

The iPhone Marimba ringtone is iconic. It’s just a few notes played on an African xylophone, but somehow, it captures everything that is light and breezy about Apple’s platform. The problem is, ...

NEW YORK - It's the dreaded sound at any live performance: a ringing cellphone. That's what happened Tuesday night at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall during the final movement of Gustav Mahler's ...

Do you miss your old iPhone ringtones? Do you long for the sound of the Marimba and Xylophone over your iPhone speakers when you receive an incoming call? We’ll show you how to get your old iPhone ...

The backstory: A percussion instrument deeply-rooted in African music, the marimba shows up in everything from atonal avant-garde pieces to modern American pop songs. And yes, many people might know ...