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Many years ago I heard a recording of Joel M. Ross on Youtube where he had taped his mallets. I found the subtle noise when playing very interesting, but the mallets were always too expensive for me to ruin the winding with tape. 
With my mallet winding machine, I was able to take up the idea from back then again and made my first test mallet with a "striking sound".
The video contains a first quick & dirty test and describes how I made the mallet.

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Check out the attached PDF!

This is a newly published etude for Vibraphone by Joke van Dal-Kleijne.

It was very challenging, so it may be a good piece for more advanced players here on the site to work on.  It took me about four months to be able to get through a clean pass recording it.  I'm sure some of you can put it together quicker than that, but it's a challenge, no doubt... as a good etude should be.  You'll learn a lot about mallet positioning and sticking choices.  I did and I've been at this 45+ years.  :)

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Check out the attached PDF!

Check out the attached PDF!

I think these are cool. And handy to warm up with. They are double sticking exercises. 

Change the notes. Also instead of them being in seconds put them in thirds. I.E. the second exercise.

C D E F G F E D

C E G B D B G E

Then try it in the key of F# or B. 

You get the idea.