Terrific mallets
- Rating
- Posted by
- Max
- Date Posted
- 11/24/2023
Gets an incredible tone out of the marimba, perfect for anything lyrical, sounds good on the whole register, would highly recommend to any percussionist.
Customer Reviews
Innovative Percussion Mark Ford IP813 Medium Hard Birch Marimba Mallets
Write ReviewGreat overall! Doesn't sound medium-hard.
- Rating
- Posted by
- Spencer
- Date Posted
- 04/13/2023
These are well crafted and well balanced mallets! The color is really pretty and the shafts are that perfect grippy birch! I've only tried the 813's, and though they are labeled as medium-hard, they sound medium-soft at best. They sound very round at the lower-middle registers of the board, and don't articulate at all near the top. I haven't tried the hard mallets, and I probably won't if they will just sound like medium mallets. Again, if i wanted a soft pair of mallets, these would be perfect! Though it wasn't quite the hardness I was expecting.
Poor quality
- Rating
- Posted by
- Jared Wolfe
- Date Posted
- 03/02/2015
They Sound great, but within a week one of the mallets snapped in half without any strenuous use. Very disappointed.
Just what I needed
- Rating
- Posted by
- Javier Luna
- Date Posted
- 11/18/2014
Gets a great warm sound quality on all notes of the marimba. They came a little fuzzy and are not too appealing to the eye, yet they still sound great!
Fantastic
- Rating
- Posted by
- Jonathan Saunders
- Date Posted
- 02/10/2012
These mallets are, quite frankly, some of the best I have used. They have great tone everywhere on the board except around G6-C7, which is not much of a problem, as using a graduated set of mallets usually fixes the issue for most works. Even if you are not a fan of rubber cores, I urge you to give these a try. The cores provide a great amount of rebound and a superb sound for medium intensity pieces. These mallets are inexpensive, and definitely worth the money.
Great Mallets
- Rating
- Posted by
- Erik
- Date Posted
- 12/11/2011
These mallets are great for more lyrical, soft, expressive music. The work quite well for Bach transcriptions as well. Despite being so soft, they sound great across almost the entire marimba. The med hards respond best from C3 to C6. That should give an idea of the range for the other mallets in the series.