You're going to hold that gong mallet in your hand when you're playing your gong, aren't you? So of course you want a gong mallet that is handmade, right? Okay, we know that some of you want mallets made by robotic squid, or Nano-Nanas (Hi-Tech Microscopic Grandmas), but most of you want the ancient moderne style to match the simple technology of your Gong. And that is why we offer the latest in artisanal strikers for your musical metal - Gong Mallets by Cindy Abts. Since Year 2000k, Abts Gong Mallets have been handcrafted in California's Inland Empire. (The only true Empire left now that Britain, France, Spain, Portugal and the USA have lost their conquering machismo.) They are constructed with a maple wood handle, a rubber core covered in felt and then yarn wrapped with tough love by Cindy herself. The philosophical underpinnings of her mallet making include many deep thinkers as well as several bumper stickers she saw at the local truck stop. However, it all boils down to this - Everyone deserves the right to have a high-quality, hand-crafted mallet that doesn't put you in the poor house. Sure, some conservatives would be against this, suggesting that these mallets would be subsidized by government, but they are wrong! These mallets have been held in the Invisible Hand of Adam Smith. Besides making mallets, Cindy Abts, has been teaching percussion. She also plays percussion... with these folks. Including the Ohio State Faculty Chamber Ensemble, and orchestras in Eureka California, and Kokomo, Marion, and Muncie Indiana. She has been the principal percussionist and timpanist with the Eureka Symphony and the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra. She has worked with conductors such as Denis de Coteau and Leonard Slatkin and performed in master classes for Robert Van Sice, Katarzyna Mycka and Frederic Macarez. She has studied percussion with Jerry Steinholtz, Joe Lizama, Eugene Novotney and Erwin C. Mueller. Cindy currently plays percussion with the Inland Valley Symphony Orchestra, West Covina Symphony Orchestra, Coachella Valley Symphony Orchestra, Moreno Valley Wind Symphony and the Desert Winds Band. She also instructs the Perris High School Drumline, the Murrieta Mesa High School Drumline and works with the Inland Valley Youth Symphony. She also likes Indian food. For these mallets, the Malletheads recommend: The Big Tan Mallet is for big Tam Tam Gongs. 38 inches and over. The Red Mallet is for good sized Gongs. You can go from 30 inches and above. The Blue Mallet is for medium to large. You can go from 22 inches and anywhere above. The Black Pair are for doing some rolling on your gong. We would suggest 26 inches and over. Measurements: Tan Mallet - 19 inches long total. Head 4 inches wide, 4.5 inches high Red Mallet - 18 inches long total. Head 4 inches wide, 3.75 inches high Blue Mallet - 17.5 inches long total. Head 3.5 inches wide, 2.5 inches high Black Mallets - 16 inches long total. Head 3.5 inches wide, 2.5 inches high. |