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Hello all,

I'm hoping to benefit from your experience with respect to a problem I'm having: I play orchestra bells with brass mallets in a rock band setting.  The band is on tour, so I'm playing live night after night (I.e., the mallets get quite a bit of use and are sometimes used in a setting in which I'm forced to play them pretty hard). 

The problem: The brass mallet part frequently pops off of the wooden shaft.  I've tried gaff taping the bottom part of the mallet to the shaft, but - eventually - it happens again.  I've gone through something like 10 pair in the last 6 months.  Any suggestions?

Thank you.

Use Super Glue to keep the brass mallet head on the wooden handle.

Hi there,

The reason it maybe that the brass mallets are generally quite heavy which may cause the tops  to come off if you are playing loud.  Maybe try the Aluminium heads that IP make, I know they are pretty chunky and these may work better.  Alternatively Super Glue!

Hope this helps

TP
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