The Mallet Kat is an incredible instrument and it makes the pit musician's life much simple. But what about doubles for the show. Now that the percussionist didn't have to drag in timpani, does he still get his doubling fees for playing Xlyo and Timp?

What a great day we had today. Mike balter sent us 52 pairs of mallets! There was a pile of sticks on the floor and after we took a break, half of them were gone! They were going through them and comparing them.

We worked on tunes and forms of tunes today. Mario took us all in for an incredible demo of the Mallet Kat, it was really fun. He is the master of that instrument (he owns the company). I think everybody in the room was blown away!

Mike Balter rocks! That's all I have to say!!! We love you Mike!!

Could this be the first time on the Earth that this has been done? We made HISTORY!