Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Lathing the underside of one half of an orchestral crash pair.
An insight into the lathing process for hand-crafted cymbals. This cymbal will be part of the Tom Stubbs Collection that I will debut at #PASIC50 in a couple of weeks.
Lathing removes the hard and sound-drying outer layers of heavily oxidised bronze to get to the shiny core material inside. It allows control over the large-scale thickness profile of the cymbal and it allows more subtle tonal adjustments via the small-scale nature of the grooves.
Tom Stubbs recently retired from a long career at the St Louis Symphony. Over the decades he collected and curated an extensive personal collection of vintage cymbals. "The Tom Stubbs Collection by Matt Nolan" is modeled on Tom's favourite / go-to six pairs in sizes from 13 inch to 20 inch diameter.
© 2025 Matt Nolan Custom
Lathing the underside of one half of an orchestral crash pair.
An insight into the lathing process for hand-crafted cymbals. This cymbal will be part of the Tom Stubbs Collection that I will debut at #PASIC50 in a couple of weeks.
Lathing removes the hard and sound-drying outer layers of heavily oxidised bronze to get to the shiny core material inside. It allows control over the large-scale thickness profile of the cymbal and it allows more subtle tonal adjustments via the small-scale nature of the grooves.
Tom Stubbs recently retired from a long career at the St Louis Symphony. Over the decades he collected and curated an extensive personal collection of vintage cymbals. "The Tom Stubbs Collection by Matt Nolan" is modeled on Tom's favourite / go-to six pairs in sizes from 13 inch to 20 inch diameter.
© 2025 Matt Nolan Custom
