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Malletech LLC is a manufacturer of mallet percussion
Idiophone

An idiophone is any musical instrument which creates sound primarily by way of the instrument vibrating itself, without the use of strings or membranes....
 instruments
Musical instrument

A musical instrument is an object constructed or used for the purpose of making music. In principle, anything that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument....
 and mallets formed in 1982 by Marimba Productions, Inc.
Leigh Howard Stevens

Leigh Howard Stevens is a marimba artist best known for developing, codifying, and promoting the Stevens technique or Musser-Stevens grip, a method of independent four-mallet marimba performance based on the Musser grip....
  The company sells its own line of marimbas
Marimba

The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family. Keys or bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys to aid the performer both visually and physically....
, xylophones
Xylophone

The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family which probably originated in Slovakia. It consists of wooden bars of various lengths that are struck by plastic, wooden, or rubber drum stick#Malletss....
, and glockenspiels
Glockenspiel

File:Glockenspiel-malletech.jpgFile:GlockenspielSousaphone.jpgThe glockenspiel is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family....
. In addition, Malletech offers mallets for marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone
Vibraphone

The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the mallet subfamily of the percussion instrument family....
, suspended cymbal
Cymbal

Cymbals are a modern percussion instrument. Cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various cymbal alloys; see cymbal making for a discussion of their manufacture....
, bass drum
Bass drum

A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch . There are three general classifications of bass drums: the concert bass drum, the kick' drum, and the pitched bass drum....
, and timpani
Timpani

Timpani are musical instruments in the percussion instrument family. A type of drum, they consist of a skin called a drumhead stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper, and more recently, constructed of more lightweight fiberglass....
.

978, marimba
Marimba

The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family. Keys or bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys to aid the performer both visually and physically....
 performer Leigh Howard Stevens
Leigh Howard Stevens

Leigh Howard Stevens is a marimba artist best known for developing, codifying, and promoting the Stevens technique or Musser-Stevens grip, a method of independent four-mallet marimba performance based on the Musser grip....
, author of Method of Movement for Marimba, designed a series of marimba mallets for manufacturer Vic Firth. However, in 1982, Stevens decided to independently create a new brand
Brand

A brand is a collection of symbols, experiences and associations connected with a product, a service, a person or any other artifact or entity....
 of mallets ("Malletech"), collaborating with percussionists Bob Becker, David Friedman
David Friedman

David Friedman may refer to:* Dafydd ab Hugh, born David Friedman, science fiction/fantasy writer; political weblogger* David Friedman , American film and TV actor and child star of the 1980s...
, and Dave Samuels
Dave Samuels

Dave Samuels is an United States vibraphone player who has worked with various jazz and fusion artists, such as Spyro Gyra. Currently, he plays in an ensemble called The Caribbean Jazz Project, a Grammy-winning jazz-Latin music group....
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Malletech LLC is a manufacturer of mallet percussion
Idiophone

An idiophone is any musical instrument which creates sound primarily by way of the instrument vibrating itself, without the use of strings or membranes....
 instruments
Musical instrument

A musical instrument is an object constructed or used for the purpose of making music. In principle, anything that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument....
 and mallets formed in 1982 by Marimba Productions, Inc.
Leigh Howard Stevens

Leigh Howard Stevens is a marimba artist best known for developing, codifying, and promoting the Stevens technique or Musser-Stevens grip, a method of independent four-mallet marimba performance based on the Musser grip....
  The company sells its own line of marimbas
Marimba

The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family. Keys or bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys to aid the performer both visually and physically....
, xylophones
Xylophone

The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family which probably originated in Slovakia. It consists of wooden bars of various lengths that are struck by plastic, wooden, or rubber drum stick#Malletss....
, and glockenspiels
Glockenspiel

File:Glockenspiel-malletech.jpgFile:GlockenspielSousaphone.jpgThe glockenspiel is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family....
. In addition, Malletech offers mallets for marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone
Vibraphone

The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the mallet subfamily of the percussion instrument family....
, suspended cymbal
Cymbal

Cymbals are a modern percussion instrument. Cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various cymbal alloys; see cymbal making for a discussion of their manufacture....
, bass drum
Bass drum

A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch . There are three general classifications of bass drums: the concert bass drum, the kick' drum, and the pitched bass drum....
, and timpani
Timpani

Timpani are musical instruments in the percussion instrument family. A type of drum, they consist of a skin called a drumhead stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper, and more recently, constructed of more lightweight fiberglass....
.

History

In 1978, marimba
Marimba

The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family. Keys or bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys to aid the performer both visually and physically....
 performer Leigh Howard Stevens
Leigh Howard Stevens

Leigh Howard Stevens is a marimba artist best known for developing, codifying, and promoting the Stevens technique or Musser-Stevens grip, a method of independent four-mallet marimba performance based on the Musser grip....
, author of Method of Movement for Marimba, designed a series of marimba mallets for manufacturer Vic Firth. However, in 1982, Stevens decided to independently create a new brand
Brand

A brand is a collection of symbols, experiences and associations connected with a product, a service, a person or any other artifact or entity....
 of mallets ("Malletech"), collaborating with percussionists Bob Becker, David Friedman
David Friedman

David Friedman may refer to:* Dafydd ab Hugh, born David Friedman, science fiction/fantasy writer; political weblogger* David Friedman , American film and TV actor and child star of the 1980s...
, and Dave Samuels
Dave Samuels

Dave Samuels is an United States vibraphone player who has worked with various jazz and fusion artists, such as Spyro Gyra. Currently, he plays in an ensemble called The Caribbean Jazz Project, a Grammy-winning jazz-Latin music group....
. Later, in 1985, Stevens was hired by Ludwig-Musser
Ludwig-Musser

Ludwig-Musser is a drum and percussion instrument manufacturer owned by Conn-Selmer...
 as a consultant
Consultant

A consultant is a professional who provides advice in a particular area of expertise such as management, accountancy, the environmental consulting, entertainment, technology, law , human resources, marketing, medicine, finance, economics, Public administration, communication, engineering, Audio engineering, graphic design, or waste managemen...
 for their already-successful line of keyboard percussion
Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
 instruments. Stevens left the company in 1991 to develop instruments for Malletech. Malletech debuted its instruments in 1992 at PASIC
Percussive Arts Society

The Percussive Arts Society is an international music service organization promoting percussion instrument education, research,performance and appreciation....
.

In 1997, Malletech was bought by the Avedis Zildjian Company
Avedis Zildjian Company

The Avedis Zildjian Company is a cymbal and gong manufacturer founded in Istanbul, Turkey by an Armenians named Avedis Zildjian during the Ottoman Empire....
, but Stevens finished buying it back by June 2005, renaming it "Malletech LLC". The company currently operates in Neptune, New Jersey
Neptune, New Jersey

Neptune, New Jersey can refer to:* Neptune Township, New Jersey* Neptune City, New Jersey...
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
.

Products

Malletech offers several different marimba
Marimba

The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family. Keys or bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys to aid the performer both visually and physically....
 and xylophone
Xylophone

The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family which probably originated in Slovakia. It consists of wooden bars of various lengths that are struck by plastic, wooden, or rubber drum stick#Malletss....
 models as well as a line of glockenspiels
Glockenspiel

File:Glockenspiel-malletech.jpgFile:GlockenspielSousaphone.jpgThe glockenspiel is a musical instrument in the percussion instrument family....
. The mallet catalogue includes series named for and endorsed by certain prominent percussionists, including
  • Bob Becker (xylophone and glockenspiel)
  • Mike Burritt (marimba)
  • David Friedman
    David Friedman

    David Friedman may refer to:* Dafydd ab Hugh, born David Friedman, science fiction/fantasy writer; political weblogger* David Friedman , American film and TV actor and child star of the 1980s...
     (vibraphone)
  • Fred Hinger (timpani)
  • Mike Mainieri
    Mike Mainieri

    Michael T. Mainieri, Jr. is a vibraphone most known for his work with the jazz fusion group Steps Ahead.Mainieri is also a pioneer in introducing an electronic vibraphone, known as a "synth-vibe"....
     (vibraphone)
  • Eric Sammut (marimba)
  • Dave Samuels
    Dave Samuels

    Dave Samuels is an United States vibraphone player who has worked with various jazz and fusion artists, such as Spyro Gyra. Currently, he plays in an ensemble called The Caribbean Jazz Project, a Grammy-winning jazz-Latin music group....
     (vibraphone)
  • Leigh Howard Stevens
    Leigh Howard Stevens

    Leigh Howard Stevens is a marimba artist best known for developing, codifying, and promoting the Stevens technique or Musser-Stevens grip, a method of independent four-mallet marimba performance based on the Musser grip....
     (marimba)
  • Gordon Stout
    Gordon Stout

    Gordon Stout is an United States of America percussionist, composer, and educator specializing in the marimba.He studied composition with Joseph Schwantner, Samuel Adler , and Warren Benson, and percussion with James Salmon and John Beck....
     (marimba)


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