Zen Teal Gong Mallet Yarn-Wrapped Head with Black Grip Handle

Handle: 13.5" long x 0.5" diameter

Mallet Head: 2.5" x 2.25"

Total Length: 16"

Weight: ~130 grams

These are a handmade product. Natural variations and dimensions may occur between mallets.

The Zen Teal Gong Mallet is built around a vibrant teal blue yarn-wrapped head with a firm, bouncy core, designed to deliver clean, articulate strikes on large gongs and cymbals while still drawing out their warmer, more grounded voice. The bounce in the head is what sets this mallet apart from stiffer, denser mallets that tend to pull out higher frequencies and bright upper overtones on impact. Instead, the responsive rebound lets the strike sink into the instrument rather than skip across it, coaxing out the gong's lower fundamental tones and giving the sound a fuller, warmer character. That same bounce also makes the mallet exceptionally well suited to rolling work, played in the same way a percussionist rolls a suspended cymbal, with the natural rebound carrying the player through sustained crescendos and tonal washes with far less effort than a stiffer mallet would require. It is a strong fit for large symphonic gongs, planet-tuned wind gongs, suspended orchestral cymbals, and any larger gong where the player wants warmth and depth rather than brightness and attack.

The handle features a sleek black shaft paired with a cushioned black grip section at the base, designed for secure two-handed control during sustained playing and reduced hand fatigue across longer rolling passages. The teal yarn head provides a striking visual contrast against the black handle, making this mallet as much a visual statement piece on a mallet rack as it is a working tool. Well suited to sound therapy, gong baths, ceremonial work, orchestral percussion, and any setting where larger instruments call for a mallet built to match their scale and to sustain controlled rolling work without fatigue.