If you are a percussionist, here are the Mallets and instruments to bring with you to MMR. If you don’t have any of these, please let us know, and we can arrange to provide some mallets/sticks for you.
Essentials
- Black hand towel
- Snare Drum sticks – concert, 5B size (any brand)
- Suggestions: Vic Firth SD1 General or Innovative Percussion IP1 Hickory General Concert Snare Stick
- Bell/Xylophone mallets – hard plastic
- Suggestion: Malletech OR45R white
- Timpani mallets – General/Staccato
- Suggestions: A. Putnam T4 small medium (red), or A. Putnam T2 staccato (orange), or Pro Mark Performer Series Haas JH3 Hard, or JH4 General
- Yarn mallets – med hard (for cymbals, vibes, marimba, etc.)
- Suggestions: A. Putnam MR2 med-hard rattan, Mike Balter #13R med. Blue
Optional
- Timpani mallets – very hard
- Suggestions: Pro Mark Performer Series Haas JH2 staccato (red) or JH1 ultra staccato (green), or A. Putnam TMC1 Mike Crusoe greens
- Timpani mallets – very soft
- Suggestions: Pro Mark Performer Series Haas JH6 roller, or A. Putnam T6 rollers (purple)
- Bass Drum mallets – pair general and/or rollers
- Suggestions: Payson Sustenuto brown – rollers (pair), or Vic Firth Gauger TG3 oval – general (pair)
- Triangle beaters – 2 pair
- Suggestions: Stoessel #2.5 black (pair) and Stoessel #1 white (pair)
- Triangle holder/clip
- Suggestions: A. Stubbs, Danmar, Patterson, Grover, Freer, etc.
Helpful Extras
- Brushes – wire
- Suggestions: Regal Tip, Vic Firth or Pro Mark: wire, rubber handle, retractable
- Triangle
- Suggestions: Abel 6” Symphonic or Black Swamp 6” Artisan
- Tambourine
- Suggestions: Grover 10” Double Row German Silver or Black Swamp 10” Double Row German Silver
- More timpani mallets (a full set consists of 5 or more pairs, including wood or leather covered)
- Other hardnesses of yarn mallets (a set of four)
- Hard rubber mallets (for wood blocks, temple blocks, etc.)
- Drumset sticks (5A, 7A, etc.)
- Chime mallets: rawhide
- Gong mallet(s)