Quite naive question. Melting the horns would cost more than making new ones. Waste metal is processed by special companies & done in greater quantities of hundreds of tons. You might not think, every brass instrument factory has its own nickel & copper melting pot in the back yard. Do you have any idea how to separate nickel & copper to get a clean mixture of 65% yellow brass ? Otherwise the result will be just "schmutzig-brass".
What they do with defective instruments ? Fix them, off course. They cannot be that wrong so not to fix. Fix a valve alignment, fix a leak, fix a lose soldering, get a bullet out. These are all things, which might happen in the final process of making. As most parts are made by machines or by using precise tools (forms, mandrels, pressing & bending machines), which are engineered well (!), the errors might just happen during the assembling process. Even factory horns are not made in a "plop ´n go" machined process. There is a lot of manufacture involved. ----------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kerri c davies Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] Re: Horn testing Dear List, Whoever tested all those horns as a living in the factory... that's soooooo awesome!!! If I never make it in this business, I'll do that, I will. Oh, and what do they do with the rejects? Do they melt them down and start all over, or does all that nickel and brass go to waste? How many (ratio) do not pass the test? WHat kinds of tests do they have to pass? Brittany _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans.pizka%40t-online.de _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
