Shaping a cymbal cup by hand-hammering @MattNolanCustom
Shaping a cymbal cup by hand-hammering @MattNolanCustom
Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hand-hammering the cup on (what will become) one half of a pair of orchestral crash cymbals. This is the "bottom" half of the "matched" 17s from "The Tom Stubbs Collection" by Matt Nolan.

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Shaping a cymbal cup by hand-hammering

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