Great For Chop-out sessions
- Posted by
- Calvin
- Date Posted
- 07/28/2022
Excellent for a chop-out during marching. don't use them on a rosewood instrument unless you want to destroy it but if you have a synthetic xylophone then go right ahead! also don't use them on a glockenspiel or crotales. not really for performance either unless you want to destroy your hands. Burton grip works fantastically if you choose to perform with them, but otherwise Stevens' grip with these will destroy your hands. but they do create a nice deep tone from the weight, so the weight is warranted.
Mellow tone
- Posted by
- James Shaffer-Bauck
- Date Posted
- 03/20/2017
These mallets have been criticised for being heavy and slow, but they are perfect for a piece I am doing in our local Sinfonia. They produce a richer, mellower tone on the bells that is quite satisfying, but which still projects well.
Innovative Mallets
- Posted by
- Bart Roberts
- Date Posted
- 03/14/2017
Really like the quality of these mallets. They are very solid.
Horrible mallet!
- Posted by
- Jeff
- Date Posted
- 09/30/2014
This is one of the worst mallets I've ever come across. Way too heavy even for a wide bar glock or wide bar xylo, and I would NEVER strike rosewood with these in the first place. I would recommend something from the the IP Orchestral Series or the newer IP Chris Lamb Series or the Tom Freer mallets. Don't waste your money on these pieces of garbage. Even the green mallets (IP904) in this series are very "clubby" sounding. The only mallets that have a place on rosewood bars are the IP902 and IP905. The black (IP906) are big and clumsy sounding.
Disappointing
- Posted by
- Kyle
- Date Posted
- 05/06/2014
A very heavy, very large, bell and xylo mallet that's really not very good at either.
TONS of impact sound on the bells. You can't overplay, because if you hit a bar very hard it jumps 3 inches!
Similarly, on a xylophone, the mallet produces a heavy, biting tone that I would not describe as pleasant. Plus, the the mallet is so heavy, I would not be able to play anything with any speed or finesse.
Relegated to the "rarely used" box.
A Beauty
- Posted by
- Will
- Date Posted
- 06/19/2012
Great mallets for both the glock and xylo. My personal preference is glock though because you can get a nice big sound without overplaying. On xylo, again a big sound but slightly thicker than the IP904s. Great for 3 or 4 mallet passages on both instruments.
What Christopher said
- Posted by
- Mr. E
- Date Posted
- 05/09/2012
Everything Christopher said is completely accurate. I don't appreciate the gluing job and the way the mallet heads start to get messed up at the hitting point. They're quite loud, as well.
- Posted by
- Christopher Scarberry
- Date Posted
- 06/23/2006
The IP903 is a great mallet for players who need a dark, heavy sound from the synthetic xylophone. With good technique, the overall tone of this mallet is excellent for cutting through even the largest ensembles. This is a heavy mallet for players who have developed or are developing muscles. However, the head of this mallet will become deformed rather quickly without mallet-to-bar placement and accuracy.
