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Thinnest brown-black finish for bronze cymbals?

I want to finish my drum cymbals dark black but am worried it will change the sound. I believe they are made of a bronze alloy so anodizing wouldn't work. What's the thinnest coating I can test on one of these cymbals?

Nick Haas
Hobbyist - Los Angeles, California, USA
June 9, 2008

liver of sulfur ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil link] should make them dark brown to black, Nick, and it will be very thin. It probably won't change the sound as long as your eyes are closed. But dark brown-black cymbals are not going to have the timbre and ring of bright brass cymbals if your eyes are open.

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