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In the 1980s professional percussionists from the two major New York City orchestras listened to almost 40 different head types. Four 1-1/8 models, OR39 (brown), OR42 (tan), OR45 (white) and OR48 (black) were selected as having the most frequent application to the major orchestral keyboard parts of the late 19th and 20th centuries. They are still found in the mallet bags of many professional percussionists. Today there is a demand for models targeted for very specific excerpts, as well as a movement toward lighter, smaller heads for certain applications.  There is no greater expert on orchestral keyboard repertoire than William James, principal percussionist of the St. Louis Symphony. Will has expanded the original OR line into a vast selection of sounds and tone colors, with many different materials, weights, sizes and handle types. 

== Glokenspiel Mallets ==
Malletech makes history again with three different levels of fiberglass handle flexibility on the Mini-Glock models:  Black, Red and White – expertly paired to the weight of the mallet head.

=== ORMG30 ===
Head Material: Soapy <br/>
Head Size: 0.875" <br/>
Head Colour: Black <br/>
Shaft: Fibraglass <br/>
Shaft Colour: Black <br/>
Suggested Repertoire: Don Juan <br/>

=== ORMG34 ===
Head Material: Plastic <br/>
Head Size: 0.5" <br/>
Head Colour: Black <br/>
Shaft: Fibraglass <br/>
Shaft Colour: Black <br/>
Suggested Repertoire: Magic Flute <br/>

=== ORMG36 ===
Head Material: Plastic <br/>
Head Size: 0.875" <br/>
Head Colour: Clear <br/>
Shaft: Fibraglass <br/>
Shaft Colour: Red <br/>
Suggested Repertoire: Sleeping Beauty, La Mer <br/>

=== ORMG41 ===
Head Material: Plastic <br/>
Head Size: 0.875" <br/>
Head Colour: Grey <br/>
Shaft: Fibraglass <br/>
Shaft Colour: Red <br/>
Suggested Repertoire: La Mer, Petrouchka waltz <br/>

=== ORMG44 ===
Head Material: Plastic <br/>
Head Size: 0.875" <br/>
Head Colour: White <br/>
Shaft: Fibraglass <br/>
Shaft Colour: Red <br/>
Suggested Repertoire: Glazunov Violin Concerto, La Mer, Feste Romane (waltz) <br/>

=== ORMG51 ===
Head Material: Plastic <br/>
Head Size: 1" <br/>
Head Colour: Orange <br/>
Shaft: Fibraglass <br/>
Shaft Colour: Red <br/>
Suggested Repertoire: La Mer, Don Juan, Sorcerer’s Apprentice <br/>

=== ORMG55 ===
Head Material: Plastic <br/>
Head Size: 1" <br/>
Head Colour: Black <br/>
Shaft: Fibraglass <br/>
Shaft Colour: White <br/>
Suggested Repertoire: Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Don Juan, Russian Easter Overture <br/>

=== ORMG58 ===
Head Material: Aluminum <br/>
Head Size: 0.75" <br/>
Head Colour: Black <br/>
Shaft: Fibraglass <br/>
Shaft Colour: White <br/>
Suggested Repertoire: Petrouchka, Feste Romane <br/>

=== ORMG62 ===
Head Material: Aluminum <br/>
Head Size: 0.875" <br/>
Head Colour: Orange <br/>
Shaft: Fibraglass <br/>
Shaft Colour: White <br/>
Suggested Repertoire:  Sorcerer’s Apprentice <br/>

=== ORMG65 ===
Head Material: Plastic <br/>
Head Size: 1" <br/>
Head Colour: Black <br/>
Shaft: Rattan <br/>
Suggested Repertoire: Pines of Rome, Russian Easter Overture, Don Juan, Mother Goose <br/>

=== ORMG70 ===
Head Material: Aluminum <br/>
Head Size: 1" <br/>
Shaft: Rattan <br/>
Shaft Colour: Red <br/>
Suggested Repertoire: Pines of Rome, Star Wars, Mother Goose, Russian Easter Overture <br/>

== Xylophone Mallets ==
=== OR28 ===
Head Material:  <br/>
Head Size: 1" <br/>
Head Colour: Yellow <br/>
Shaft: Rattan / Birth <br/>
Shaft Length: 7.5mm <br/>
Suggested Repertoire: Firebird, Medeaâ€™s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance <br/>
=== OR39 ===
Head Material:  <br/>
Head Size: 1.125" <br/>
Head Colour: Brown <br/>
Shaft: Rattan / Birth <br/>
Shaft Length: 8.8mm <br/>
Suggested Repertoire: Colas Breugnon Overture, Porgy and Bess, Salome <br/>

=== OR42 ===

=== OR45 ===
Head Material: <br/>
Head Size: 1.125"<br/>
Head Colour: White<br/>
Shaft: Rattan / Birth<br/>
Shaft Length: 8.5mm<br/>
Suggested Repertoire: Shostakovich Symphonies and Concertos<br/>

=== OR48 ===

== Reference ==

[[Category: Sticks / Mallets]]
[[Category: Glockenspiel Mallets]]
[[Category: Xylophone Mallets]]
[[Category: Vibraphone Mallets]]
[[Category: Marimba Mallets]]