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Always leery of die cast hoops that sell for $15
well to be fair it’s a very thick zinc hoop and it’s most likely a zinc alloy so it’s not going to be as soft as pure zinc.Just curious, but zinc has less than half the tensile strength of mild steel. Why would one want a softer material hoop instead of hard for the part responsible for tuning and it staying that way?
To reduce or eliminate overtones from the hoop vibrating. It produces more of a fundamental sound of the drum.Just curious, but zinc has less than half the tensile strength of mild steel. Why would one want a softer material hoop instead of hard for the part responsible for tuning and it staying that way?
That makes sense. I'm guessing the reason the zinc hoop is die cast then is because it wouldnt hold its shape as a regular hoop.The usual test it to hang a hoop and tap it. The ringing heard will also be heard on the drum its used on. Steel hoops ring, and brass hoops ring even more. Die-cast zinc sounds like you tapped a rusty tractor chassis with a pencil.
Gibraltar 2.3mm triple flange hoops sell for around $15 each, and they’re nice. I bought some to replace the 1.6mm hoops that came with my Stage Custom Birch.I'm leery of ANY hoop that sells for $15
do you have the link. ThanksBeware that Amazon is advertising 1.6 mil stamped steel hoops as die cast zinc .
The culprits are also doing the same thing on Ebay.
So buyer beware.
To reduce or eliminate overtones from the hoop vibrating. It produces more of a fundamental sound of the drum.
Please elaborate how this occurs.stiffen the shell.
There’s definitely an absorption or dispersal of energy.Could mass have something to do with it? Without disassembling my snare, I would guesstimate two die cast hoops weigh about half the weight of a common wood shell. That would have a dampening effect, regardless of resonance change.
Just curious, but zinc has less than half the tensile strength of mild steel. Why would one want a softer material hoop instead of hard for the part responsible for tuning and it staying that way?
Yes ,I got burnt a few moths ago expecting regular die cast,but got triple flange.Soft vs hard doesn't tell the whole story, there is also flex vs brittleness. Die casts are something like 3mm thick and very rigid. I've seen some broken or warped but was surprised, and I couldn't tell you how they got out of round (I assume a flaw during manufacture).
OP, eBay is full of flanged hoops from China labeled as dc; I assume a language barrier or unscrupulous seller.
The die cast bit is obviously wrong, but they mention plating (which I'm guessing was the zinc reference), and made of iron (which they're not). To me, this is more from a place of total drum part / materials / process ignorance than a real attempt at fraud.