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Orchestral series
From bright to dark, there’s a mallet here for your musical situation. Designed for glockenspiel and xylophone, they also work well on a number of other orchestral percussion instruments.
OS1
OS1 is very bright and medium heavy mallet producing a clear and big sound on a glockenspiel. This model is the ideal choice for large scale symphonic repertoire.
Specification
Instrument: Glockenspiel
Tone: Very bright
Weight: 30gr
Length: 37cm
Head size: 28.58mm
Handle: Rattan
Colour: Black
Suggested repertoire
Orff: Carmina Burana
Prokofiev: Synthian Suite
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (2nd suite)
Respighi: Pines of Rome
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OS2
OS2 is a bright sounding mallet producing a clear tone on most sizes of glockenspiel. Its core weight is lighter than OS1 therefore more suitable for fast passages of repertoire.
Specification
Instrument: Glockenspiel
Tone: Bright
Weight: 27gr
Length: 37cm
Head size: 28.58mm
Handle: Rattan
Colour: White
Suggested repertoire
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Dukas: L’Apprenti Sorcier
Holst: The Planets
Strauss: Don Juan
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OS3
OS3 produces a medium bright, warm tone and is a great choice for softer or quieter glockenspiel repertoire. Its relatively light weight core makes it easy to manoeuvre around repertoire with a particularly fast tempo.
Specification
Instrument: Glockenspiel
Tone: Medium
Weight: 27gr
Length: 37cm
Head size: 28.58mm
Handle: Rattan
Colour: Semi transparent
Suggested repertoire
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Magic Flute
Saint-Saens: Le Carnival des animaux
Wagner: Sigfried
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OS4
OS4 creates a bright timbre and projects sound very clearly. Ideal for general orchestral xylophone repertoire it makes for a good ‘go-to’ mallet. It is light weight making it easy to play fast passages or when using a set of four mallets.
Specification
Instrument: Xylophone
Tone: Bright
Weight: 26gr
Length: 37cm
Head size: 28.58mm
Handle: Rattan
Colour: Grey
Suggested repertoire
Britten: Young Person’s Guide
Ravel: Mother Goose
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast
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OS5
Producing the lightest tone and having the lightest weight in the Orchestral series, OS5 is suitable for orchestral repertoire requiring a delicate timbre. This model is is also suitable for solo ‘Ragtime’ music.
Specification
Instrument: Xylophone
Tone: Medium
Weight: 25 gr
Length: 37 cm
Head size: 28.58mm
Handle: Rattan
Colour: Off white
Suggested repertoire
Bartók: Music for strings, percussion & celesta
Kodály: Háry János
Musser: Etudes
Shostakovich: The Golden Age
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