[TheForge] Re: [TheForge} Bronze

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Hi Grant;
Think Atlas is in Cloudarado...but it's UPS for me one way or the other.
The last price i was quoted was in excess of $9/pound..eeek. Good thing 
  i don't need a whole lot of it.
The bronze is for finger cymbals for a belly dancing instructor ( met 
her at the Renn Faire 35 years ago or so, coincidentally).
  She has strong hands and  plays loudly so she can be heard over her 
students when teaching. In doing so,she pounds the living crap out of 
her finger cymbals.It's amazing to see how fast they warp. She says my 
regular issue finger cymbals are way too small for her...thus this 
special order. I've been making them since the 60s...odd little side 
business. I confess that my interest in belly dancers faded a lot when i 
met Phoebe.
Elizabeth Brim was part of the inspiration for the "inflato-fish"...plus 
and my 2000' of water line that yields 130 odd# of water pressure....and 
  a very long standing ( swimming?) association with fishes.

gblacksmith wrote:
> Peter:  IS atlas metal in the Bay Area?   San Jose?  I don't recall.  
> What are the prices like nowadays?  It has been a while since I have 
> bought bronze.
> 
> I liked your analogy of Renn Faires  and fishing.....was this your 
> inspiration for your water-filled inflato-fish?
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer" 
> <artgawk at thegrid.net>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: [TheForge} Bronze
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> 
>> Thank you Ries and Grant:
>> That's the list I needed.
>> i found 3 out of 4 last night but quailed at the prices...modern times 
>> I guess.
>> Now we will see if the client gets scared off.......
>>
>> Ries Niemi wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at 11:17 PM, Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> A related question please:
>>>>  What's the best place to order a small amount (3 Sq Ft) of phos 
>>>> bronze sheet?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I dont live in the bay area, so I dont know if anyone stocks it there 
>>> or not, but I often have to order in bronze alloy stuff from far 
>>> away, and a little piece like that can UPS.
>>> So if I was you, I would get price quotes and availability from the 
>>> following places.
>>> There are so many alloys of copper/brass/bronze, and very wierd 
>>> availabilities of sizes- ie, some alloys, sheet, no bar, others 
>>> round, no square, some have angles, no pipe, and on and on. I buy a 
>>> lot from alaskan- they stock quite a bit, and will sell you as much 
>>> or as little as you want. But whether they have the alloy you want, I 
>>> dont know.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.alaskancopper.com/
>>>
>>> http://www.copperandbrass.com/public/division/project/html/home.html
>>>
>>> http://www.atlasmetal.com/
>>>
>>> http://www.farmers-copper.com/
>>>
>>> ries
>>>
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