Those copper pennies
An inexpensive lesson
More than face value
:)
K
On 6/17/2012 6:18 PM, Joe wrote:
OK, K,
Our project would have been a solid plate, and had an aspect-ratio of
about 1.85:1, like the aspect-ratio of an HD screen. Or, like that of
a traditional wooden Han. The thickness would have been gauged
accordingly. I feel I would have had to ADD some Zinc to the melt,
because, usually bell-bronze has 10 percent more Zinc than coinage
bronze, for a good tone, a tried and true formula.
When researching the basics for this project, I studied all I could
find about MANY "bells", including the Liberty Bell, just as part of
the lore and technic. What an interesting history there is, in our
Liberty Bell: "Pass and Stow."
I've seen the Liberty Bell, in Philly, long before it was ever put
into a climate controlled enclosure. I think I remember I could
almost reach out and touch it, if the guards were not cognizant. It
was 18 inches from my skinny 'cello-playing fingers.
My memory of the look of Independence Hall still inspires me. What
a Spire. It was depicted on shiny manila bookcovers that our Public
Schools system issued to us students in the 1950s in elementary school
to cover our Spelling books, and Dick/Jane/and Sally readers, with
the phrase imprinted, "I hold my lamp before the Golden Door...", etc.
It was like a pilgrimage, going there to Philly, bathing in those airy
waters. I stumbled upon a residence of Ben Franklin, too, an
unimposing city address, which I padded-to in my Adidas SL-72s;
it might as well have been Mecca, tho' I hailed from only 60 miles
away. Hail! My sweetie was at Penn, and I visited her as I could
while I was at Columbia. The train connected us in 90 minutes. My,
my, days gone-by.
The gong-show has not happened here yet; I'm still chewing on some
ideas. Else, these pennies go into my retirement fund! Nah... !
It's just a hundred bucks. Not even a half-bottle of Chateau d'Yquem
Sauternes, the truest and most wonderful nectar of Planet Earth. It's
known throughout the Milky Way. Not yet beyond, because word takes a
long time to travel such distances; else, the price would surely be
higher, due to increased demand. Whew.
--Joe
> Kristopher Grey <kris@...> wrote:
> I have a singing bowl, received as a gift. Not the light shiny light
> brass things you see in the New Age/Buddhist shops - or the ones with
> the symbols/embellishments - but a dull bronze sort of affair,
[snippeth]
