Percussion Plus Bell Kit 2-1/2 Octave Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this as a simple alternative to handbells in my compositions. It sounds nice, and the mallets are great. I wish it had an extra octave or two lower, but perhaps that will be included in a future model. I'd recommend it.

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Percussion Plus Percussion Kit Review

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(More customer reviews)This Glockenspiel set is amazing! I was mostly buying it so I wouldn't have to keep borrowing my church's set to practice my music for a Harry Potter musical called The Final Battle, so the fact that it was cheaper than most sets just made me happy. I also like the fact that it comes with a carrying case, so toting it to Florida for the actual musical will be easy as pie. The straps do tend to cut into your shoulders a little bit, but that doesn't really bother me. I had no use for the drum pad or drum sticks, so I gave those to a friend of mine, and he says it is one of the best he has used. The Glockenspiel sounds really great, and is just what I was looking for. The only draw back for me at the beginning was that since the stand is kind of like a camera tripod, it kind of wobbles when you hit the higher notes, but you get used to it quickly. This is also really good for beginners since it has the key names on each bar. I can't wait to start writing my own music with this glokenspiel!!!

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PK800C Student Bell Kit (with Rolling Cart) Review

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(More customer reviews)We purchased one of these kits for our son when he joined the band in middle school. It has everything you need and all the pieces are high quality. Not much to go wrong.

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Innovative Percussion Hard Xylophone or Bell Mallet, Birch Review

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(More customer reviews)This is an outstanding xylophone mallet, and transfers well over to glockenspiel and orchestral crotales. This is the choice mallet for playing with larger groups, especially orchestras and wind ensembles. The staccato sound of the xylophone is enunciated when struck with these mallets, and simultaneously produces a resonant tone. On certain xylophones, especially ones made of rosewood, these might damage the instrument. I would also highly recommend NOT playing these on a xylorimba, marimba, vibraphone, or set of tubular bells. However, specifically for the xylophone, they are a perfectly designed mallet. On xylophones made of kelon, the mallets produce an especially sonorous sound while maintaining the staccato nature of the instrument.

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Lyons 25 Note (G-G) Bell Set with Case (Standard) Review

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(More customer reviews)I can confirm the notes are perfectly tuned. The yellow plastic mallets are too long and flexible, but not breakable. Hardwood mallets give a nicer strike and a better sound if you don't strike correctly with the plastic mallets. These hard plastic mallets are a little "soft" which does not bounce off perfectly. I'm being picky. Stay away from other children bell sets that do not have very rectangular bars with sharp edges: the rounded edges give undesirable harmonics. These are perfectly square at the edges. The notes are high-pitched and loud, like the one 4-star reviewer wrote. You can use the handles instead of heads of the mallets to get a much softer sound for practicing. My wife: "Did you buy that for our child or yourself??" and "You're hurting my ears!" High pitched and loud. It is a bell set, after all. Opening it takes a little effort and concentration to press the button correctly. Our 1.5 year old is not able to open it. As long as it doesn't break and stays closed when it is supposed to, the little extra hassle of opening it is OK. The snap design appears like it is not ever going to break. The low C measured 1047 which is perfectly two octaves above middle C. The first note is a G that is 1 octave above middle G, and the last note is a G that is 3 octaves above middle G. So your basic C to C playing is 2 and 3 octaves above middle C. I'll try to record a "video review" that includes the notes, G to G.

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