Cracked 19 cymbal turned into a 5-piece bell / chime set. No such thing as waste metal!6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Experimenting in stainless steel, this is a 6 heavy bell chime. 100% hand-hammered from a flat disc and finished with absolutely no regard for health & safety!7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
22 Heavy Dry Ride, 2921g. Just finished lathing, needs rest before I check it over.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Comes a time in every cymbalsmith's life when they make a cymbal with some great big pits in it. 21.5 Ride, 2178g.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
11 Stainless Steel Heavy FX Chime, 725g. 100% hand-hammered from flat sheet stainless. Pin-lathed, coloured & finished entirely by hand. Made in Bristol, UK, by independent cymbalsmith Dave Collingwood. Developing a range of these, more to come!7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
23 Collingwood Medium Ride. Hand-hammered bell on this one, I loosely based it on a 22 Zildjian Kerope.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Currently working on a 26 Ride, here it is fresh from a round of hammering. The finish is really rough at the moment but I quite like it, so perhaps it'll stay. It's fully lathed underneath. Sounding HUGE!8yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
23.5 Thin Crash / Ride I've just finished, shot from underneath to show the spiral arrangement of 11 rivets.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Cymbal patina experiment - different recipes applied to B20 bronze samples, each cut from the same sacrificial cymbal.7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Collingwood Cymbals 22 Paper Thin Crash / Ride. 1776g. Very heavy hand-hammering and lathing in several alternating passes. This is a lively beast!6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
22, 23 & 24 rides, hand-hammered & lathed by myself, some fine-tuning and they'll be good to go!6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Latest from my cymbal workshop - 191⁄2 Heavy Dry Ride, 2243g. 100% Hand-hammered (bell & body) and lathed by myself using Turkish B20 bronze.7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
If you're looking for visual perfection then you may need to look elsewhere. This is a rough old thing but it makes a nice noise, and that's all I'm interested in! Collingwood Cymbals 21 Thin Dry Ride, 1856g.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
More experiments & learning on stainless steel while I wait for a shipment of B20 blanks.7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Just finished these 14 hats, gone for a secret recipe antique kind of finish!7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Collingwood Cymbals 22 Paper Thin Crash / Ride. 1776g. Very heavy hand-hammering and lathing in several alternating passes. This is a lively beast!6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/Drumming
Building a prototype mounting system for cups, chimes & splashes. These 3 are rescued from a damaged crash cymbal. Cut, hammered and lathed by hand, now recycled and repurposed as a set of chimes.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Just finished this paper-thin 20 ride. 1449g, heavily hammered on different surfaces, several finishing processes, different bands of lathing, 3 rivets. Enjoys reading and going to the cinema. GSOH. Less is more, eh?7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Playing a gig tonight, but not been too keen on the hi-hats I've been using, so made myself a new set! 13, 871g / 961g.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Collingwood Cymbals 9 FX Bell Splash. 429g. Hand-hammered & lathed by myself in Bristol, UK.7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Collingwood Cymbals 22.5, 2143g. Heavy hammering, silly lathing, 3 rivets. And why not.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/Drumming
If you're looking for visual perfection then you may need to look elsewhere. This is a rough old thing but it makes a nice noise, and that's all I'm interested in! Collingwood Cymbals 21 Thin Dry Ride, 1856g.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/Drumming
Experimental patina / roughing up on this modded 20 Zildjian Ride. A few days soaking in some secret sauce and we're good to go.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/InstrumentPorn
This 22 blank had a large defect near the edge causing the bronze to split. So let's have a heavy 14 Hi-Hat bottom instead.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
24 Low Rough Ride. 2826g. Was planning to go further with this one, but as it is it sounds rich, warm and dark with good definition, so I think I'll let it go like this.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Quick test from a cracked cymbal. You can still see the original lathing through my work so far!6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Collingwood Cymbals 20.5 Raw Medium Ride. 2316g. Heavily hammered, totally unlathed top & bottom.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Collingwood Cymbals 22 Paper Thin Crash / Ride. 1776g. Very heavy hand-hammering and lathing in several alternating passes. This is a lively beast!6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/InstrumentPorn
Collingwood Cymbals 22.5, 2064g. Hand-hammered and lathed by independent cymbalsmith Dave Collingwood in Bristol, UK.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
A little corrective hammering and this thin 20 Ride will be good to go.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
If you're looking for visual perfection then you may need to look elsewhere. This is a rough old thing but it makes a nice noise, and that's all I'm interested in! Collingwood Cymbals 21 Thin Dry Ride, 1856g.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/InstrumentPorn
My first ever blank made from Chinese B20, after some basic hammering.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Modifying a heavy Paiste Ride made from B8 alloy. B8 can be a little tricky, but I think I've got my cut nice & smooth now, this one's lathing beautifully! It's gone from a one-dimensional heavy rock ride to a medium-thin, expressive & dynamic cymbal.7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Collingwood Cymbals 21.5 Medium Thin Ride. 2015g. 3 rivets in this one, it's got loads of stick and the wash sits back doing its complex thing until you make it come forwards. Very happy with this one!6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/Drumming
22, 23 & 24 rides, hand-hammered & lathed by myself, some fine-tuning and they'll be good to go!6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/cymbals
Dave Collingwood modified 20 Bosphorus New Orleans Ride. Rehammered to raise the profile and change the arrangement of tension, lathed in multiple passes to accentuate the taper and alter the voice.7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Collingwood Cymbals 21.5 Medium Thin Ride. 2015g. 3 rivets in this one, it's got loads of stick and the wash sits back doing its complex thing until you make it come forwards. Very happy with this one!6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Building a prototype mounting system for cups, chimes & splashes. These 3 are rescued from a damaged crash cymbal. Cut, hammered and lathed by hand, now recycled and repurposed as a set of chimes.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/InstrumentPorn
Collingwood Cymbals 12 Hi-Hat. Some more crazy lathing to test an idea I had (look to the left of the bell), and a hand-etched logo idea based on one of my tattoos. I may or may not stick with this as a logo / graphic, can't make my mind up! Thoughts?6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Finished hammering & lathing this 14 FX China cymbal, paper-thin at 566g.7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Collingwood Cymbals 22.5, 2064g. Hand-hammered and lathed by independent cymbalsmith Dave Collingwood in Bristol, UK.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/Drumming
24 Low Rough Ride. 2826g. Was planning to go further with this one, but as it is it sounds rich, warm and dark with good definition, so I think I'll let it go like this.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/cymbals
Collingwood Cymbals 21.5 Medium Thin Ride. 2015g. 3 rivets in this one, it's got loads of stick and the wash sits back doing its complex thing until you make it come forwards. Very happy with this one!6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/InstrumentPorn
Just finished this paper-thin 20 ride. 1449g, heavily hammered on different surfaces, several finishing processes, different bands of lathing, 3 rivets. Enjoys reading and going to the cinema. GSOH. Less is more, eh?7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/cymbals
Comes a time in every cymbalsmith's life when they make a cymbal with some great big pits in it. 21.5 Ride, 2178g.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/cymbals
If you're looking for visual perfection then you may need to look elsewhere. This is a rough old thing but it makes a nice noise, and that's all I'm interested in! Collingwood Cymbals 21 Thin Dry Ride, 1856g.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/cymbals
Playing a gig tonight, but not been too keen on the hi-hats I've been using, so made myself a new set! 13, 871g / 961g.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/cymbals
Another 21 Thin Crash / Ride just finished, 1757g. Hand-hammered & lathed by myself from a Turkish blank. Bit of a wavy edge here and there, bothers some people and not others!7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
23.5 Thin Crash / Ride I've just finished, shot from underneath to show the spiral arrangement of 11 rivets.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/cymbals
Relathing a 24 Bosphorus China to help it breathe a little easier.7yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/cymbals
My first ever blank made from Chinese B20, after some basic hammering.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/cymbals
Quick test from a cracked cymbal. You can still see the original lathing through my work so far!6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/cymbals
Collingwood Cymbals 22.5, 2143g. Heavy hammering, silly lathing, 3 rivets. And why not.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/drums
Experimental patina / roughing up on this modded 20 Zildjian Ride. A few days soaking in some secret sauce and we're good to go.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/cymbals
22 Heavy Dry Ride, 2921g. Just finished lathing, needs rest before I check it over.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/cymbals
This 22 blank had a large defect near the edge causing the bronze to split. So let's have a heavy 14 Hi-Hat bottom instead.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/cymbals
Collingwood Cymbals 12 Hi-Hat. Some more crazy lathing to test an idea I had (look to the left of the bell), and a hand-etched logo idea based on one of my tattoos. I may or may not stick with this as a logo / graphic, can't make my mind up! Thoughts?6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/InstrumentPorn
Collingwood Cymbals 22.5, 2143g. Heavy hammering, silly lathing, 3 rivets. And why not.6yr ⋅ CollingwoodCymbals ⋅ r/InstrumentPorn
