TASTIMP Mallets are hand-crafted timpani mallets made by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra timpanist, Matt Goddard. The cores are made from wood or cork in four diameters: 18mm, 20mm, 22mm and 25mm. Shafts are bamboo with a diameter of 10 -11mm and are finished with 3 coats of water-based polyurethane.  The mallets are wrapped in premium quality German timpani felt. Three wraps are available: H(ard), M(edium) and S(oft). All mallets are very firmly wrapped which allows a very good connection from the playing surface, right through the inner layers to the core, giving clear projection and pitch definition. The harder models aren’t harsh sounding, nor are the soft models too woolly. 

The model number specifies the core diameter (18,20,22 or 25), core material (C or W) and wrap (H, M or S). For example, 22CM = 22mm cork core with the medium wrap, 25WH = 25 mm wood core with the hard wrap. Wood and cork cores of the same diameter are within the same weight range, so 22CM and 22WM, for instance, have very much the same feel and balance, with the wood cores offering a slightly brighter and more direct sound than the cork.

The shafts and cores for each pair are precisely weight matched and each model carefully designed to have the right balance between the head weight and the shaft weight to provide good throw towards the timpani head but also an easy return away from the head after the stroke.