Marimba One Mallets
For many years we explored the tonal range that available mallets could evoke from our marimbas. Pursuing an ideal marimba sound, we began to construct our own mallets, testing heads and weights, yarns, wrap patterns and tension.
In conjunction with renowned Marimba One percussionists, our artisan-engineers have developed new mallets designed to evoke the maximum range, depth and beauty of a marimba.
Using a cutting edge technology developed at Marimba One, we can craft mallets that are ideally suited for keyboard percussion.
As of spring 2008, we offer three signature artist mallet lines - Katarzyna Mycka, Colin Currie, and Ivana Bilic - as well as our original Double Helix series. We invite you to explore the artists' visions that inspire their mallets!
Katarzyna Mycka Professional Series
Double Helix Series
We continue to work with our artists and engineers to encompass the wide breadth of mallet dynamics and expression. Check back for forthcoming series!
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A NEW MALLET TECHNOLOGY
Weighting the mallet
Marimba One mallets are made with a unique (patent-pending) over-molding process, utilizing the latest injection-molded polymers. By carefully layering hard and soft materials during the molding process, we are able to design mallets that are extremely consistent and that have an expanded tonal range on the marimba.
This injection molding process also permits us to insert metal weights to custom tune the heaviness of the mallet head. Weighting the mallets frees us from size constrictions - we can now build a small, heavy mallet and a small, light mallet with identical size and hardness to each other (or perhaps a large/heavy, large/light pair similarly matched).
The new wrap on yarn
The most visible innovation to our mallets is their unique two-color yarn wrap. Our patent-pending process winds two separate pieces of yarn at the same time: after one of the strands makes a revolution around the mallet head, the second strand follows with its own revolution, securing the previous strand in place. Our technique allows us to individually control the tension of each of the two strands of yarn.
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By using two individual yarns, we can also wrap two types of fiber, e.g. wool and nylon.
These blends create tones and responses that are not possible using only one type of yarn.
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HOW TO ORDER
We substantially discount our mallets when you order a new marimba.
For general mallet orders, please visit our fine dealers!
Marimba One Mallet Lines
The Katarzyna Mycka Professional Mallet Series was developed to project maximum sound in orchestral and ensemble settings. This heavy, hard series consists of seven mallets of varying hardness, and is available with both birch and rattan handles. READ MORE...
The Colin Currie Signature Mallet Series was created as a simple and straightforward series of mallets, representing a focused, polished approach to sound. This is a light weight series of four mallets, featuring one unwrapped mallet and three wrapped mallets, available with both birch and rattan handles. READ MORE...
The Ivana Bilic Signature Mallet Series was developed to emphasize the singing characteristic of the marimba by relating the sounds each mallet makes to human vocal qualities. This is a mid-weight series with six grades of hardness, and is currently available with rattan handles. READ MORE...
The Double Helix Mallet Series is a mid-weight line that brings out warmth in the fundamental over the full marimba range. This series produces a warm deep tone. The six mallets in this series are available with both birch and rattan handles. READ MORE...
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