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| | RaBe's Cymbal Page: Manufacturing |
 | | Back in the obscure age when the first cymbal smiths made their instruments (which was long before Avedis Zildjian I saw the light of what is now Armenia, by the way), the tools of cymbal making were just two: Fire to melt tin and copper, and a hammer to work the bronze. |
 | | All B8 bronze cymbals are made from sheets, as well as the typically machine-made nickel silver and brass cymbals. |
 | | Since the grooves influence the high-frequency behavior of a cymbal, the shape of the lathing tool tip, the speed at which the cymbal rotates, the pressure on the tool, the shape, depth, and denseness of the grooves all have their share in the sonic result. |
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