RHYTHM BAND - Mallets for resonator bells. Medium rubber head, 3/4" diameter, 12" ABS polystyrene handle

This is a good basic rubber mallet. the sticks are a little long, and fairly flexible, so if you are looking for something that is more solid look elsewhere. The rubber heads are kind of small, but they get the job done.

First-year percussion band for my son and he is super forgetful. Since we didn't have a lot of guidance on what to buy we picked up a number of mallets just to experiment with. He really liked the sound that these made as they are a little more rubberlike than many of the hard mallets. Good price and they will probably last longer than he will forget them on the back of the band bus. I figure if he loses enough things on that school bus I'll finally get that umbrella he lost back at the start of the year.

I got my son this glockenspiel: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0197TVD6Y/ to practice for Orff, but the included mallets were a hard plastic that produced a clean, but very loud note. I had looked into quieter mallets and got this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002CD7C4A/ but it was too soft and inaudible. Eventually I got this one, and even though it was one of the cheapest I considered, it hit the Goldilocks mark or being just right. Nice mellow tone, easier to hear... but not from across the house.

We got these for my son who is playing the bells in elementary band. The ones he had were hard and created very piercing sounds. These ones really mellow it out. It makes the sound quieter and very warm sounding.

The sound from the rubber is weak and seems muffled, we were trying to replace our old plastic mallet and it doesn’t compare. It is well made but I’d avoid rubber next time and go for plastic for better sound quality on our xylophones.

These are perfect for metal glockenspiels. The hard plastic ones make too harsh a sound, but these are perfect, especially if kids will be banging on them. They seem cheaply made but so far they've been fine.

My son used them for beginners

You get what you pay for. Cheaply made but work