Customer Reviews

Innovative Mark Ford IP813 Medium Hard Birch Marimba Mallets

The Strong Legato series from the Innovative Percussion Mark Ford line is designed to produce a very Strong Legato tone with well defined fundamentals. IP813 Medium Hard mallet from this series does just that. It works great in a set or in a solo...

Terrific mallets

Comments:

Gets an incredible tone out of the marimba, perfect for anything lyrical, sounds good on the whole register, would highly recommend to any percussionist.

Date Posted:

2023-11-24 14:42:15

Posted By:

Max

Rating:

5.00

Great overall! Doesn't sound medium-hard.

Comments:

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.

Date Posted:

2023-04-13 23:00:57

Posted By:

Spencer

Rating:

4.00

Poor quality

Comments:

They Sound great, but within a week one of the mallets snapped in half without any strenuous use. Very disappointed.

Date Posted:

2015-03-02 10:41:27

Posted By:

Jared Wolfe

Rating:

2.00

Just what I needed

Comments:

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!

Date Posted:

2014-11-18 13:27:31

Posted By:

Javier Luna

Rating:

5.00

Fantastic

Comments:

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.

Date Posted:

2012-02-10 19:44:08

Posted By:

Jonathan Saunders

Rating:

5.00

Great Mallets

Comments:

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.

Date Posted:

2011-12-11 22:28:26

Posted By:

Erik

Rating:

5.00