Kolberg 853AL tam-tam/gong mallet aluminum disc light

Light single mallet, disc-shaped

Sizes

851AL; small, 250 g, 80 mm, for gongs 50 - 90 cm
853AL; medium, 350 g, 110 mm, for gongs 60 - 100 cm
855AL; large, 600 g, 140 mm, for gongs 70 - 110 cm

• Light, very flexible mallet
• Sonorous individual strikes, clearly articulated in the pp range
• Sound intense tam-tam rolls (851AL)
• Varying the striking angle results in a large scope for differentiation

Construction

• Aluminium core, disc shaped
• Seamless, extremely hard-wearing felt ring (medium hard, needs breaking in)
• Ergonomically designed shaft made of hornbeam, lacquered, shaft length individually adapted to the hammer head

Recommendation

A large and heavy mallet offers much momentum to stimulate massive gongs or tuned gongs to oscillate. When choosing your mallet we would thus advise you to pick a heavy one, in order to get the full range of sound and the largest possible sound volume from the instruments.