Meinl Gong Resonant Mallet is designed to bring forward the atmospheric and therapeutic tones in gongs. The pitches and tones are similar to the songs of whales. The RM-50 is the largest of the mallet series and brings lower pitches forward. The larger the mallet the lower the yielded pitches and tones are.
| SKU | MEI-G-RM-50 |
|---|---|
| UPC | 840553016680 |
This is awesome! It really pulls sounds from the gong that are amazing. Really enjoy this mallet. the only drawback is the handle is a bit thin and hard to keep the ball from spinning as you circle the gong.
I'd give this a 3+ for now, possibly better review in the future. I had never used one of these before so wasn't sure what to expect. I experimented on using this with a 12" wind gong as a mallet; I needed a resonant mallet on a small gong and didn't want anything like a marimba/sus. cymbal mallet. The sound on the gong was nice, and the cool effects this create with large gongs is PERFECT. The super thinness of the mallet shaft makes me nervous that this won't fit my specific needs long-term. I'm a HS band teacher/percussion director and while this will make for awesome sound effects I don't know what type of durability it will have. Otherwise, it does have useful purposes
