[Trombone-l] Bach Bells

[john bailey]

Checked three NY two MV and one Corporation (gold brass) and no magnetic
attraction at the rim except for the Corp.

I'm surprised.  I can hear Bruce Gutman complaining "Electrolysis!"
already.

John



On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 3:22 PM, Jim Bermann via Trombone-l <
trombone-l at trombonelist.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
> Just discovered an interesting phenomenon.
> I was comparing Bach bells, Corporation,
> early Elkhart after the Corporation had been
> dissolved and the designation removed from
> the product and current bells. I had taken a
> magnet and it stuck to the rims of the Corp.
> and early Elkhart bell but not the current bell. These bells play better
> and I believe it
> is due to using a steel wire in the rim which
> was apparently used in the Mt. Vernon and
> New York bells as well.
> Jim Bermann
>
>
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