These mallets were designed to fill the need for special sounds in unique situations. They work well for chamber music or full-orchestra, with perfect balance and full tone.
Each pair is created from hand-selected bamboo, and the highest quality natural felt.


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Maraca Mallets
Maraca sound with comfortable timpani mallet feel, on hand-turned hickory shafts. Essential for Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story, or Raise the Roof by Michael Daugherty.

Head Size: Ø 45mm
Weight (per stick): 60g
Length: 14.5″ / 37cm
Color: purple
Core Material: maraca
Shaft Material: tapered hickory

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Wiener Holz with leather
The Viennese version of wood sticks, these mallets feature a cork ball covered with soft chamois leather. Bamboo shafts. Articulate and clear, with a versatile sound.

Head Size: Ø 32mm
Weight (per stick): 31g
Length: 14.5″ / 37cm
Color: red
Core Material: cork ball
Shaft Material: bamboo 11mm

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Wiener Holz with liner felt
The Viennese version of wood sticks, these mallets feature a cork ball covered with red piano felt. Articulate and warm, great for chamber music or full orchestra.

Head Size: Ø 34mm
Weight (per stick): 32g
Length: 14.5″ / 37cm
Color: burgundy
Core Material: cork ball
Shaft Material: bamboo 11mm

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Hard Felt
Rounded felt discs on bamboo shafts. Clear and articulate. Excellent for calf or goat skins, and plastic heads too.

Head Size: Ø 32mm
Weight (per stick): 34g
Length: 14.5″ / 37cm
Color: salmon
Core Material: felt disc
Shaft Material: bamboo 11mm

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Chamois Bass Drum
Large wood ball on 13mm bamboo shafts, covered in soft chamois leather. Perfect for the bass drum solo in Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Light and quick, these mallets will not slow you down. Sold in pairs.
* Back by popular demand *

Head Size: Ø 50mm
Weight (per stick): 80g
Length: 15″ / 38cm
Core Material: large wood ball
Shaft Material: bamboo 13mm

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