[Trombone-l] Bach Bells

[Joe Stanko]

The rims may have been unsoldered, hence no bead wire..are they French
beads?

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

> Hi John,
> Interesting, I had no access to Mt.
> Vernon or New York bells to compare.
> My Corporation Bells are from the late
> 60’s and and the non corporation
> bell is from the late 70’s all magnetic.
> Jim
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 8, 2018, at 10:11 PM, john bailey <bach9lt at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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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