SMTIM F38 Timpani Mallets

Anybody hoping for a review of how these are on timpani should probably move on, since I'm using these to give myself more of a drumming feel when I use electronic drum pads. I have a Roland Octapad 2 that I've had for years, and the "drum" heads are getting a little too old to withstand ordinary drumsticks anymore, it seems that the plastic heads no longer like being struck by a typical drumstick. so I thought I'd keep the drumstick "feel" and use softer heads on the sticks than wood on plastic.The felt beaters on these are still very firm - there's nothing soft about felt in this application! The impacts on the Octapad, though, is spread over a slightly larger area which I feel will improve the remaining life of the drum heads. There is a slight but perceptible effect on the velocity sensed by the Octapad, but that can be corrected in a DAW or by adjusting the sensitivity profiles of the drum heads. For me, it isn't enough to warrant fiddling with software settings, I can live with it.The main thing for me is to help eke out the remaining life in my older equipment, and I think these will do a fine job of that. The hardness of the beater head (about the same as the old rubber mallet used by doctors to get a knee-jerk reaction, hard but not quite painful) is enough to give a brisk response while treating my elderly Octapad with love.I have tried these also on my cajon, and while they are less subtle than a hand full of fingers (harder to get very fast rolls!) they actually create a nice robust sound that I can definitely use.I apologise again to any timpani users out there, but I have some old kit that needs a gentler touch and these fit the bill. Needs must, when the devil drives.

great pair of mallets arrived on the day supposed to arrived only gripe with them is handle is slippery when hand become sweaty

Great product for our soccer team’s drum

My son loves playing the timp drums and these sticks are perfect. He's a happy boy

I found it difficult to judge from mere description but when these arrived I immediately found them rather harder and heavier than the set I intended to replace, so I repaired the old set someone had ruined, with wood glue, and use them in preference. I still have the new ones in case I need a heavier sound but I can't turn the handle round and use the wooded end on the cymbals in the middle of a 'mallet' session. I play a full drum kit but more restrained than most, I suspect.

Ideal for occasional use on the drum set for those crescendo cymbal rolls. Perfect

This product was purchased to play a gong and has proved to be an excellent choice. They are nicely weighted and comfortable to hold for extended practising. The product also arrived in good time and was well packaged.

Like the mallets, maybe the felt ist a bit too hard, but this a matter of taste.