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How To Wrap Mallets

How to wrap mallets

Fairly detailed instructions, with experience-based recommendations

http://www.thevibe.net/vn/vnfaq.shtml#wrapping_mallets "Go to a yarn store and test yarns by stretching them tightly and rubbing your thumbnail across them. You will quickly see which yarns wear out easily and which are more durable. Also, look for yarns that are very thin rather than the thick bulky ones (although these can also produce wonderful sounds)."

3 ply orlon recommended

http://www.rossmallet.com/malletwrap.html

A discussion of wraps

http://www.gppercussion.com/html/which_mallets.html "The wrapping around the core softens the contact sound. To a small degree, you can change the timber of the mallet by using more or less yarn. You can also make the contact sound clearer by using a hard yarn like cotton cord instead of wool or acrylic yarn."

Materials needed

http://www.isu.edu/~remyjean/syllabus/Applied_Percussion_Handbook_JRemy_ISU.html "Materials for wrapping your own mallets - Mallet balls, 3 ply yard, 4 ply yard, a sewing needle with a very large eye, and 5/16" dowel."

Mallet Selection

http://www.malletjazz.com/lessons/mallets.html

Making your own instruments

http://www.geocities.com/willow_wilg/keyboard.html http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/explore/homemademusic.htm

information on the variety of yarns

http://www.yarn.com/webs/yarns/yarn_main.html for ref, something like the froelich special blauband (at webs yarn): 1.75oz/225 yds/7st=1" is sock yarn. One ball is one sock.

yarn shops in Massachusetts

http://knitting.about.com/library/blma.htm

information on the variety of yarns