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Mike Balter Unwound Series

Rubber and plastic xylophone mallets

The unwound mallets cover xylophone, glockenspiel, and bell work, where a yarn or cord head would produce no attack at all.

Category

  • Drumsticks & Mallets

    Hickory, maple, and oak sticks by model number; wire and nylon brushes; and the yarn, cord, and felt mallets that concert percussion is played with.

Made by

  • Mike Balter Mallets

    Mike Balter has made yarn, cord, and rubber mallets for marimba, vibraphone, and xylophone since the early 1980s, with a numbered hardness system that has become a common shorthand in percussion scores and teaching.