Custom Made Vibraphone Mallets
Available Options
Specifications
- Head
- Pendim core
- Material
- Birch or Rattan
- Yarn
- Cotton, Wool, Synthetics
Product Description
With custom-made mallets you choose every part yourself: the amount, the handle, its length and thickness, the yarn colour and, for each of the mallets, the head and its hardness. The combinations give you mallets that fit your music.
Heads
- Model 1 (M1) has a shape of its own. It is light, mainly used for the vibraphone and now and then by young marimba players.
- Model 2 (M2) is a standard marimba head with very good balance. It is also used for heavy vibraphone mallets.
- Model 6 (M6) is a light vibraphone head, mostly used with thin handles for faster movement, less hand pressure and better articulation. It sounds great in the middle and high registers of the vibraphone, but is weak in the low register.
Hardness
Soft, Medium Soft, Medium, Medium Hard, Hard.
Tell us what you need
In the box for the heads and hardness, also tell us what sound you are looking for and what you will play: anything that helps us understand you. If you are new to Pendim mallets, take time to get to know them before you choose.
Example: mallet 1 (left, bass) – Model 6, Medium Soft; mallet 2 (left, middle) – Model 6, Medium; mallet 3 (right, middle) – Model 6, Medium; mallet 4 (right) – Model 6, Medium Hard. I play a lot of modern music and want different sounds in my set of four.
Short example: 1 – M2, Medium Soft; 2, 3, 4 – M2, Medium. I need heavier mallets for a better sound in the low register. I play a 3-octave vibraphone.
Good to know
- Rattan handles are at most 42 cm long: with rattan, a longer length gives you 42 cm.
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