Bass drums are comprised of a cylindrical shell (typically made of wood), with a drum head that is “struck” using a mallet attached ... to let off steam.” 1. Yamaha Stage Custom Birch ...

The bass drum taking the famous canon line, percussionist Nicholas Schwochow gives an almighty thwack to his instrument. Unaware of his own strength, he loses grasp of the mallet, which flies off over ...

"All of a sudden, out of the corner of my eye, I see a bass drum mallet," she said. The mallet plunked her in the forehead. Now a video of the incident has been viewed tens of millions of times ...

Near the end of the first movement, Wildman said she noticed out of the corner of her eye a bass drum mallet streaking towards her head. “I didn’t really have time to react,” Wildman said.