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Andy Barclay
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Andy Barclay is the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s principal percussionist and has been a member of the orchestra since 1995. After studying at the Royal College of Music, he embarked on a wide-ranging freelance career with the London and regional orchestras, chamber ensembles and contemporary music groups. Prior to joining the LPO, he spent 5 years as a member of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
Andy has also performed in West End shows including The Lion King and Les Misérables; on film soundtracks including The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter; and other film and TV projects. He has worked with the Philharmonia, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the orchestras of Royal Opera House and English National Opera among others.
As a teacher and coach, Andy is much in demand: he is a professor of percussion at the Royal Academy of Music, visiting professor at the Royal College of Music and is regularly invited to give masterclasses at home and abroad. He is the regular percussion coach for the Britten-Pears School at Snape Maltings, and in 2012 performed a similar role with the Aldeburgh World Orchestra. 2018 saw him working with both the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the European Union Youth Orchestra.
Andy Barclay signature series

AB1
Producing a beautifully clean and bright tone, this mallet works best on professional glockenspiels with full size or wide bars. The mallet heads benefit from a steel inserts adding good and reassuring weight.
Specification
Instrument: Glockenspiel or crotales
Tone: Very bright and clear
Head material: Synthetic
Head size: 1.125″
Total length: 36cm
Colour: Burgundy
Weight: 35 – 37 grams
Handle: Rattan

AB2
A delicate and delightful mallet to use, capable of producing a crystal clear tone on all sizes of glockenspiel or crotales. The mallet heads benefit from central steel inserts adding good and assured weight
Specification
Instrument: Glockenspiel or crotales
Tone: Very bright and clear
Head material: Synthetic
Head size: 1″
Total length: 33.5cm
Colour: Burgundy
Weight: 22 – 25 grams
Handle: Rattan

AB3
Medium weight mallets that allow the player to dexterously move around the bars of a xylophone whilst producing excellent projection and retaining fundametal tone. Made with synthetic mallet heads.
Specification
Instrument: Xylophone
Tone: Bright
Head material: Synthetic
Head size: 1.125″
Total length: 39cm
Colour: Barley
Weight: 27- 30 grams
Handle: Rattan

AB3W
AB3W benefits from the addition of a brass insert in the mallet head, providing a little more weight helping to increase the overall projection of tone.
Specification
Instrument: Xylophone
Tone: Bright
Head material: Synthetic
Head size: 1.125″
Total length: 39cm
Colour: Barley
Weight: 32 – 34 grams
Handle: Rattan

AB4
A versatile mallet suitable for use on a number of different percussion instruments. With a medium weight and medium hard synthetic 1.125″ head, this mallet produces a clear but rounded fundamental tone.
Specification
Instrument: Multiple
Tone: Medium
Head material: Synthetic
Head size: 1.125″
Total length: 39cm
Colour: Sacremento
Weight: 26 -28 grams
Handle: Rattan