Where to get brass tubing?

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Thu Sep 13, 2001 10:08 am

I need brass tubing that'll fit each whistle in my Sindt collection (Eb to A), but couldn't find a thing at Home Depot or Lowe's. I'm obviously looking in the wrong place, can someone enlighten me?

TIA,

Loren

garycrosby · Post by **garycrosby** » Thu Sep 13, 2001 10:18 am

Hobby stores usually have a selection of brass tubing in various diameters, thicknesses, and lengths.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Thu Sep 13, 2001 10:18 am

Try a hobby shop.
What are you planning to do, make new whistle bodies? Sounds interesting

ErikT · Post by **ErikT** » Thu Sep 13, 2001 10:30 am

These folks are great! Very good service and they sell in small portions.

I've also purchased Delrin, Aluminum and Steel from them.

http://www.onlinemetals.com

Erik

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Thu Sep 13, 2001 10:33 am

Thanks guys! I'll check the hobby shops.

Yes, I'm going to make some new bodies for my Sindts. I hope, with some experimentation, to come up with a body for each whistle that will play a good cross fingered "C natural", while of course retaining the whistle's all around tuning and playability. This should be a real learning experience for me since I'm new to this, wish me luck!

Thanks again

Loren

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Thu Sep 13, 2001 10:40 am

Erik,

Great link, thanks man!

Loren

jmssmh · Post by **jmssmh** » Thu Sep 13, 2001 11:47 am

Loren,

Thanks for your post because I was thinking about buying some brass tubing also. I am thinking about using Generation fipples and brass tubing to make different whistles(Bflat fipple to make an A whistle, C fipple and make a B whistle and a Eflat fipple for a E whistle).

If anyone has tried this or have hole dimensions/placements let me know.

Joe

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Thu Sep 13, 2001 11:56 am

Don't forget the Small Parts people:

<A HREF="http://www.smallparts.com/">
http://www.smallparts.com/</A>

They'll send you a catalog for free with all kinds of nifty stuff (including tubing of all sorts).

-Brett

JMcCYoung · Post by **JMcCYoung** » Thu Sep 13, 2001 3:37 pm

My son has done metalworking, and when I passed along the question to him he suggested McMaster-Carr Supply Company:

http://www.mcmaster.com/

They list 36 sizes (different i.d. and wall thicknesses) of brass tubing, from 1/8" to 2" diameter. It says of the material, "Made of unpolished low-lead yellow brass."

Worried about the idea of lead in brass, I discovered that the EPA definition of "lead-free" for pipe material is under 8% lead!

http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/standard/lead&cop.html

I know there was some discussion of the toxicity of other materials here recently, but has the lead content of brass come up before? And if so, was there a consensus on health risks? I'm assuming it wasn't for us all to toss our Sindts and switch to silver, wood, and plastic ... hmmm ... although that would be a good excuse for an Abell and a Tully and a Rose and a Silkstone PVC and a ...

John

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Sun Sep 16, 2001 7:19 pm

For big brass and copper tubing 0.030" wall. Call a local <a href="http://www.copperandbrass.com/indexc.htm">Copper and Brass Sales</a> store. They also have concert flute grade Nickel-Silver at the Elkhart Indiana store.

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Sun Sep 16, 2001 7:22 pm

One more thing, use type C260 Cartridge Brass. This type of brass machines nicely, strong and doesn't crack easily. It's just the right blend of copper and zinc.

They send out MSDS sheets which also contain the amount of materials including trace materials.

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jimr · Post by **jimr** » Tue Sep 18, 2001 7:11 pm

We use K & S Engineering for odd sizes of Brass tubing. Normally, we have it made-to-order, but most people don't need 100 pounds (the minimum) of tubing.

The web site is <a href="http://www.ksmetals.com/">http://www.ksmetals.com/</a>

Jim
Copeland Woodwinds