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Ohhh baby, flannels are a comin'...
So old mate has dived into the 3D Printing multiverse recently. You know what seems like it would be really easy to print but really...
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Jul 28, 20241 min read
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A Restoration: Part 3
The amount of things that I know that I don't know is really, really big. But it doesn't approach the number of things I don't know that...
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Feb 9, 20231 min read
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A Restoration: Part 2
As a fun little start to this follow-up post, I was able to find the catalogue where this model of timpani first appear - they're...
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Nov 5, 20222 min read
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Drum kit mallets have dropped!
This has been a fun ride, and the end result is one I'm very happy with. At the end of 2021 I was toying with the idea of creating a...
Hills Mallets
Oct 29, 20222 min read
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Finally - the right chamois sound
It seemed very, very easy to create the perfect chamois mallet when I came up with the original Bright Chamois design. That mallet was...
Hills Mallets
Oct 16, 20221 min read
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Oh no! There's a problem with the Generals!
It's a delightful problem to have, because I have had a number of Scholar Series General mallets find new homes around Adelaide. They...
Hills Mallets
Sep 19, 20221 min read
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A Restoration
Sitting in a cold and dark storage room, Amanda Grigg found two Sonor hand-tuned timpani from the 1930s in dire conditions when she took...
Hills Mallets
Aug 26, 20221 min read
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