SALINE MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Student Percussion Equipment Purchase Expectations
Recommended Brand and Model
Fifth Grade:
Snare Sticks Vic Firth SD #1 Generals
Soft Bell Mallets Musser #M213 or Balter #04 medium rubber
Hard Bell Mallets Musser #M5 or Balter #10 hard plastic
Instrument Kit Percussion kit with bells, drum pad, and stand
Sixth Grade: Same as above plus:
Chromatic pitch pipe for timpani
Timpani Mallets Vic Firth #T1 Generals
Stick Bag
Seventh and Eighth Grade: Same as above plus:
Marimba, Vibe, Sus.Cymbal Musser #M7 or Balter #13 medium yarn
Note: If you have already purchased a different brand of an equivalent item, you do not need to get another one. Mallets can have rattan, birch, or fiberglass handles.
Possible places to purchase these items:
Lone Star Percussion (mail order w/ credit card) (214)340-0835 - Dallas
Woodwind and Brasswind (mail order w/ credit card) 800-348-5003
Marshall Music (800) 221-1755 - Lansing
Music Go Round (734)662-1080