Impressive and wonderful but I'd love MORE... what was he listening for as he set up his timps... what was he adjusting (e.g., the tuning gauges)... and how... and why! Does he change grip with the various sticks. And so on...This guy is one of the greats. We can learn so much. Thanks. Bravo. But... MORE!

"Time to choose mallets" *pulls out like twenty mallets" lol our school has one pair

you know, that was really very interesting! - had no idea how the differences in the halls and weather affected a timpanist. the dresden oper looks to be a stately old house (with what appear to be excellent site lines) - what a contrast to liepzig - a very modern open space which i would imagine significant adjustment on the players.

Mr. Rhoten speaks impressively unaccented English for a German! (Not to mention that he's an all-star timpanist!!)

Very interesting! Thanks for the vid!

@CCConservatory he listens to the pitches, those calfheads contract or become a lot less tight due to weatherconditions. What he does is tune them by ear so they have the correct pitch when he plays in the concert :)

I wonder which major orchestra all the 'experts' who've commented play with.

MB Mallets are beautiful mallets! Would recommend them any day!

Why do you sound like you're underwater?

There's nothing wrong with putting something such as a stick bag on top of timpani. It's incredibly pretentious to believe otherwise, unless your stick bag happens to be like 20 pounds. Personally mine is not.

New York Philharmonic, could you please ask mr. Rhoten what mallet bag he uses (brand and/or model)? I love the look of his bag, and would love to get one similar to it! Thank you for the great video!

GREAT....

what kind of practice pad is that?

@sonjabologna - yes pretty much the same as athletes. Reminds me of my own stretching and tuning in phase at #UltimateFrisbee

No. Though he has two lines of Signature mallets from different brands. Most of his mallets are made by Helmut Funke in Germany.

I wish he'd explain what he's actually doing from 1:19. Does he have perfect pitch? I can't see a tuner anywhere. Is he checking the clearing of the heads at different pitches (which makes little sense)?

cool! toll, dass die einen Pauker aus Germany haben und so einen coolen dazu....

Hello. Could I download this video? Please give me your reply. New York Philharmonic.

Nice idea

He has a beautiful double stroke

way to go Marcus.... ;)

Markus Rhoten's parents are American. His mother is a pianist, and his father is a trumpet player.

what. brand of sticks use markus for his warm up in the video, someone nows?

¿What type of timpani are these? ¿Dresden? Thanks :D

What's his mallets bag brand please ?

Why were his timps set up left to right smallest to largest?

i got the same pad :D

2:38 I almost screamed.

does Mr. Rhoten make his own mallets?

Percussion Bag

The tuner may be on the stand in front of him.

Bummer. I think that I will just stick with MB Mallets

@PercPhreak I don't think he does :) I wouldn't trust myself playing with my own sticks... especially when you can buy stuff that's way better than that which you can do yourself

I bet you're so much fun to be around...smh

Why are you arranging timpani like Germans do? It's freaking me out. I can't take it. It's frustrating

thanks for the disservice, clown. when we, the timpanists, put stick cases and music on top of our instruments, then other people will also use them as tables, often with heavier objects!! and how can we tell them, ''do not use our delicate instruments as tables'', when we ourselves use them as tables??? you may be able to win auditions, but ........