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For metal Xylophones do you use metal or wooden mallets?

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Metal xylophones use metal or rubber mallets. Wooden xylophones use metal mallets due to there slower vibrations. The metal mallets help increase its vibrations and make it sound as bright crisp as metal xylophones.

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