To accompany the new Limited Edition Hand-Hammered HH Tenor mouthpiece in Rose Gold, Jody Jazz is now offering a matching POWER RING which is also Hand-Hammered and finished in Rose Gold. The HRT1HHRG POWER RING is our HRT1 POWER RING which, like the HH Tenor, has been Hand-Hammered and finished in a beautiful Rose Gold plate. The Hand-Hammered Tenor and POWER RING in Rose Gold together make for one of the most stunning looking setups on offer. In addition to fitting the new Hand-Hammered Tenor model, the new HRT1HHRG POWER RING also fits all the same mouthpiece models as the standard HRT1 POWER RING.
What is Hand-Hammering?
Hand-Hammering is the ancient art of working brass and bronze alloys to manipulate their sonic characteristics which cymbal makers have been using for centuries. Hand-Hammered cymbals are renown and much prized for their dark, complex, rich, and warm overtones. Hand-Hammering when applied to the brass blanks from which the mouthpieces are made, compresses the brass and makes it stronger. The harder the material, the easier it rings out and sustains. You need less energy to get it to resonate than a softer, un-hammered piece of brass. This results in a sweeter sounding mouthpiece with uniquely warm and complex tonal characteristics.
In order to bring this idea to life, Jody sought out one of the world’s foremost experts in the art of Hand-Hammering. With over 30 years of experience at one of the world’s largest cymbal companies, Paul Francis has designed some of the most famous and highly coveted cymbals ever created. Paul was able to apply the many hammering techniques he had learned and developed during his more than 3 decades of making cymbals, to the hammering of the mouthpiece blanks. Considered one of the top master cymbal artisans in the world, Paul is currently making cymbals under his own ‘Cymbal Craftsman’ brand.