Metal brass instrument straight mutes
are made of aluminum, brass or copper,
or aluminum with brass or copper caps.
From sheets of metal, disks are cut that
will be then spun into mute caps or
cones. Our mute spinner, Henry Nelson of
Midwest Hand Tool, has been spinning
mutes for us for many years. He is a
master of making thousands of mutes by
hand that conform to close tolerances.
Metal Spinning (From Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia)
Metal spinning, also known as spin
forming or spinning, is a
metalworking process by which a disc
or tube of metal is rotated at high
speed and formed into an
axially symmetric part..
Spinning can be performed by hand or by
a CNC Lathe.
Metal spinning ranges from an
artisan's specialty to the most
advantageous way to form round metal
parts for commercial applications.
Artisans use the process to produce
architectural detail, specialty
lighting, decorative household goods and
urns. Commercial applications include
rocket
nose cones,
cookware,
gas cylinders,
brass instrument bells and mutes,
and public waste receptacles. Virtually
any
ductile metal may be formed, from
aluminum or
stainless steel, to high-strength,
high-temperature alloys. The diameter
and depth of formed parts are limited
only by the size of the equipment
available.
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WILLIAM
CAMP, PRODUCTION MANAGER, PUTTING CORKS
ON COPPER END TRUMPET STRAIGHT MUTES. |