Bernd Sandner - Hand Hammered Bells for Brass Instruments
   
My business was founded in December of 1990 for the purpose of producing high-quality bells for brass instruments. I received my training and practical experience in this field working for various instrument-making firms.
   

Schallstücke aus der Werkstatt - die ganze Vielfalt der Blechblasinstrumente
Bells made to Customers specifications
 Schallstücke made by Sandner - ein Stück Wertarbeit

 In my workshops, we produce bells for all types of brass instruments. These can be made in the following metal thicknesses:  0,35, 0,40, 0,45 , 0,50, 0,55, 0,60, 0,65 and 0,70 mm.
Available alloys include:
Yellow Brass - 72% Copper und 28% Zinc
Gold Brass -  85% Copper und 15% Zinc
Red Brass -  90% Copper und 10% Zinc
Nickel silver - a Copper-Nickel-Alloy
We can also do special order work in Sterling silver
Each of the various alloys used in the making of a bell has its own distinctive effect on the tone colour of the finished instrument. In addition, the material thickness, inner diameters, and whether the bell has a nickle silver garland or a simple bead, also play an important role.

We make our bells using traditional methods:
each is cut from a single piece of metal, hand hammered, and hase a single longitudinal scam. We also offer two-piece bells. In this method of manufacture, the flare is spun, and attached to the stem, wich is made seperately.

  
Handgehämmerte Qualität - Stück für Stück
Hammering a bell
 
Through an ongoing contact, and sharing of information with many instrument makers, both on Germany and in other countries, it soon became possible to develop an extremly high standard of quality in the work that we do, which has resulted in a high degree of customer satisfacion.