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Re: Ring on a horn

Author: Chris P
Date: 2009-01-26 20:27

You'll see the bell ring being shaped at around 0:20 in this clip http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4gKjDqm4Bqw - the bell rings are pressure fitted, but that's done before the bell is turned to its final shape.

Though some bell rings aren't solid metal and turned like this, but made from sheet metal and crimped on.

If the proper sized collets are used, bell rings can be shrunk to fit with equal pressure all the way round. But hardly anyone in the UK has such tools for shrinking bell rings, so resorting to using a vice to tighten a loose bell ring doesn't sound like a good idea as it only applies pressure to a small area on either side.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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