
Craftsmanship Meets Sound
- Authentic.
- Personal.
- Sustainable.
Each mallet is a truly unique piece, designed with love and dedication and crafted in small family businesses in Germany. By choosing an ollihess tool, you opt for sustainable materials, exceptional individuality, and a unique sound experience.
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ollihess Essentials Mallet Set

The thickened end of the handle and the high-quality workmanship ensure that our mallets always lie comfortably in the hand. This makes playing particularly comfortable, without any signs of fatigue in the arms or back.

All our products are manufactured in small family businesses in Germany. Experienced teams meticulously handcraft each mallet and friction mallet. This ensures high and consistent quality at every production step.

Sturdy beech wood, super-soft wellness fleece and bouncy natural caoutchouc - the handle and mallet head are also in perfect visual balance. The large selection of bright colors allows you to find the right one for every occasion.

We only use renewable raw materials from the immediate region for our mallets. Almost all of our products are now 100% vegan. We do our best every day to make a contribution to a better world.
The thickened end of the handle and the high-quality workmanship ensure that our mallets always lie comfortably in the hand. This makes playing particularly comfortable, without any signs of fatigue in the arms or back.
All our products are manufactured in small family businesses in Germany. Experienced teams meticulously handcraft each mallet and friction mallet. This ensures high and consistent quality at every production step.
Sturdy beech wood, super-soft wellness fleece and bouncy natural caoutchouc - the handle and mallet head are also in perfect visual balance. The large selection of bright colors allows you to find the right one for every occasion.
We only use renewable raw materials from the immediate region for our mallets. Almost all of our products are now 100% vegan. We do our best every day to make a contribution to a better world.




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The Soundbath Center
Jamie Bechtold
I love Ollihess mallets. I've been playing gongs for 15 years and also teach people how to play. These are currently my mallet of choice for my sound bath performances, and I also recommend these to all of my students. The density of the mallet heads really bring out the wide range of sounds in the gongs, without the sound of the mallet getting in the way. I love how the larger mallets bring out a nice deep sound on medium to large gongs, and the smaller mallets highlight the higher overtones in all size gongs.
Jürgen Huck
Mallet by Ollihess and its meaning for me: Paint it. Picasso had his brush. I have all of Olli's mallets. I use them to create sounds, also from his special gongs such as Wega and Sadja in 40". There are 27 other gongs from Oetken and Meinl from China hanging in the sound room. His mallets are used to create landscapes and experiences. Even an inexperienced gong player can usually tell the difference. A good mallet should nestle in the hand and become a connection with the sound worker's arm. The weight is also important. Everything is given here. A perfect unit. May the sound be with you.
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Mehtab Benton
Olli Hess mallets profoundly changed the way I play the Gong. The best mallets around just got better with the Lite Mallet addition. Imagine your hands were were and the mallets are your feathers!
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We manufacture all our products in small family businesses.

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