I need help picking out good sounding mallets, I'm pretty sure I am going to buy off the Vic Firth website; which is included in the first two questions!.
First, for xylophone I'm not quite sure what I want, but I only play xylophone during concert band/wind ensemble season!. So I want loud rubber mallets, but at the same time not ear-splitting; recommendations!?
http://www!.vicfirth!.com/products/orchest!.!.!.
For bells I'm thinking of going with M142 for marching band, is this any good!? It's under the bells section further down the page:
http://www!.vicfirth!.com/products/orchest!.!.!.
And finally, yarn mallets!. This is always a pain for me, because I personally don't like the audible hit on the marimba you hear from loud yarn mallets!. Yet at the same time soft/soft-medium mallets you can't hear at all!. I sometimes play four mallets, so I need two pairs, one of lower end and one for the upper!.
http://www!.vicfirth!.com/products/multi-a!.!.!.
Of course if you have other mallets that you personally like that are not from vic firth, please include another website so I can check them out!. Www@QuestionHome@Com