[Jewelry making - Article 00066] - Re: [Orchid] Casting bells

[John Donivan]

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    The original thoughts on this thread were, as is so often the case,
    about something entirely different than this - the beauty and wonder
    of Orchid, I guess. Threadsjust go every which way.  There is an
    alloy that is called "Bell Metal", which, as I recall, is 80-20 bronze
    (could recall wrongly, but it's something like that).  My bell of
    about 4" tall is made of Sterling Silver, off the shelf, and has a
    very nice, sweet, and plenty loud, tone. I think that there is a lower
    limit of hardness - Lead, 24k gold, and probably fine silver would
    not work at all. but beyond that you could probably use about
    anything, as long as the properties (castability, etc.) are OK. 
    Again, Is Perfection Necessary?!?  There's a reason why it's called
    "Bell Metal"  If you use some alloy, and it gives you 98%
    "Bell-Ness", me, I'd call that fine>.... 



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