Kolberg 855FE tam-tam/gong mallet, iron core disc-shaped, heavy

Heavy single mallet, disc shaped

Sizes

851FE; small, 500 g, 80 mm; for gongs 70 - 100 cm
853FE; medium, 750 g, 110 mm; for gongs 80 - 110 cm
855FE; large, 1400 g, 140 mm; for gongs 100 - 135 cm

• The heavy core provides the mallet with a unique, warm sound intensity and activates the low frequency spectrum of the instruments
• Optimal for voluminous single strikes
• Clear articulation also in the pp range
• Varying the striking angle results in a large scope for differentiation

Construction

• Disc shaped iron core
• 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.