Mallets & Friction Mallets

To make a Singing Bowl or a gong sound, you need a suitable mallet or friction mallet. This is used to strike or rub the Singing Bowl. The shaft of the mallet is usually made of wood, bamboo or metal, while materials such as felt, rubber or fleece are used for the head. Depending on the nature of the mallet, the sound is long or short-lasting, high or low, loud or soft.

Which mallet should I buy?

At Hess Sound you will find both felt mallets for a firm attack and direct tone as well as felt mallets for a soft and warm tone. There are also plush mallets with a rubber core. These cheaper mallets offer a centered attack for deep tones due to their weight and the rubber core. They produce a long-lasting sound and are suitable for Singing Bowls as well as all Feng Gongs and TamTam Gongs. For therapeutic applications, we recommend Singing Bowl mallets made of aluminium, as they are easy to disinfect. You can also use these mallets for working in water, for sound meditations (room-filling sounds on Singing Bowls and Gongs) and sound massage.

What mallets are available for gongs?

We have developed different mallets for working with Gongs. The size, degree of hardness and nature of the surface and the mallet core determine the timbre of the Gong. You can use Gong-Mallets and Gong-Reiber . The latter can be used to rub a Gong, creating a spherical sound.

What mallets are available for Singing Bowls?

Singing Bowls are typically played with various felt mallets. Depending on the size and hardness of the mallet head, the main sound of the bowl varies. We therefore recommend using different mallets, especially if you only have one Singing Bowl. A proven combination is, for example, a large, soft felt mallet for particularly deep tones, a medium, somewhat harder felt mallet for frequencies in the middle range and a small, hard felt mallet for high sounds.