UFIP

UFIP is an Italian cymbal manufacturer, producing mainly high-quality bell bronze cymbals using rotocasting. They are the only major cymbal manufacturer to use rotocasting. The most known handmade and "earcreated" Ufip cymbals are the Class Series, followed by Rough series, Bionic Series, Brilliant series and Natural. They are known for being normally high pitched and for their great ada ...

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Centrifugal casting or rotocasting is a casting technique which has application across a wide range of industrial and artistic applications: It is used as a means of casting small, detailed parts or jewelry. An articulated arm is free to spin around a vertical axle, which is driven by an electric motor or a spring. The entire mechanism is enclosed in a tub or drum to contain hot metal should the mold break or an excess of metal be used. Single use molds are prepared using the lost wax method. A small amount of meta

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Cymbals (Fr. cymbales; Ger. Becken; Ital. piatti or cinelli), are a modern percussion instrument. Cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various cymbal alloys; see cymbal making for a discussion of their manufacture. Most modern cymbals are of indefinite pitch (tuned sets have been manufactured but are rare), whereas small cup-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sound a definite note; see crotal. Cymbals are used in modern orchestras and many military, marching, concert and other bands. They are one of the two in ...

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• Cymbal - Orchestral cymbals
• Cymbal - Crash cymbals
• Cymbal - Suspended cymbals
• Cymbal - Ancient cymbals
• Cymbal - Origins
• Cymbal - Terminology
• Cymbal - Types of cymbal
• Cymbal - Manufacturers

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Although cymbals are not often required they form part of every orchestra; their chief use is for marking the rhythm and for producing weird, fantastic effects or adding military colour, and their shrill notes hold their own against a full orchestra playing fortissimo. Cymbals are specially suited for suggesting frenzy, fury or bacchanalian revels, as in the Venus music in Wagner's Tannhäuser and Grieg's Peer Gynt suite. ...

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Cymbal, Cymbal - Orchestral cymbals, Cymbal - Crash cymbals, Cymbal - Suspended cymbals, Cymbal - Ancient cymbals, Cymbal - Origins, Cymbal - Terminology, Cymbal - Types of cymbal, Cymbal - Manufacturers

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