[Jewelry making - Article 00112] - Re: [Orchid] Casting bells

[brian]

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>     ... There is an alloy that is called "Bell Metal", which, as I
>     recall, is 80-20 bronze 


    That seems about right. Years ago a man called Dan Weinstein sent
    this to ArtMetal: 


 	       		              |Copper | Tin  |Zinc |Lead |Silver |Iron
	---------------------------------------------------------------
	Alarum Bell at Rouen  | 76.1  | 22.3 | 1.6 | ..  |  1.6  | ..  
	Bell at Ziegenhain  .  | 71.48 | 33.59| ..  | 4.04|  ..   | 0.12
	 "   "  Darmstadt   . | 73.94 | 21.67| ..  | 1.19|  0.17 | ..  
	 "   "  Paris .  .  . | 72.0  | 26.56| ..  | ..  |  1.44 | ..  
	Tam-tam    .  .  .  . | 78.51 | 10.27| ..  | 0.52|  0.18 | ..  
 	                    /|  10   |  4   | 1.5 | ..  |  0.5  | ..  
	Bells of Japanese   < |  10   |  2.5 | 0.5 | 1.33|  ..   | ..  
 	origin,"Karakane"   \|  10   |  3   | 1   | 2   |  1/2  | ..  

Brian





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