These six models reflect Vic's fifty years of experience as Solo Timpanist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.Each mallet is turned from a single piece of rock maple, which eliminates a core that could rattle and the need for a screw-on washer to secure the head.Coupled with round seamless heads, they produce bigger and brighter sounds.T3 Staccato Mallets are medium hard for rhythmic articulation.Head: 1 1/4 Length: 14 1/2