Maker
UFIP
Italian cymbals made by rotocasting
UFIP was formed in Pistoia in 1931 by a group of Italian cymbal makers pooling their workshops. Its distinguishing process is rotocasting: molten bronze is spun in a mould so the alloy densifies toward the rim, which UFIP argues does the work hammering does elsewhere.
Models
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UFIP Gong
Gong · Italy
UFIP applies its rotocasting process to gongs as well as cymbals, producing tam-tams with an unusually even build and a bright upper spectrum.
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UFIP Experience Series
Cymbal · Italy
Experience collects UFIP's odd instruments: extra-dry rides, bell-heavy models, and short, trashy effects cymbals that do not fit the numbered lines.
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UFIP Class Series
Cymbal · Italy
Class is UFIP's main professional line and the clearest demonstration of rotocasting: bronze spun in the mould so the alloy densifies toward the rim. The cymbals are bright, clear, and unusually consistent between examples.
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UFIP Tiger Series
Cymbal · Italy
Tiger is UFIP's loud line: heavier weights and a tighter lathe pattern for stages where a thin Italian cymbal would disappear.
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UFIP Est. 1931
Cymbal · Italy
Est. 1931 takes UFIP's process toward a darker, drier voice, with heavier hammering over the rotocast blank and a lower pitch than the Class line.
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UFIP Natural Series
Cymbal · Italy
The Natural series leaves the rotocast surface unlathed, which shortens the decay considerably and gives a raw, papery attack.
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Representative model
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UFIP Class Series
Cymbal · Italy
Class is UFIP's main professional line and the clearest demonstration of rotocasting: bronze spun in the mould so the alloy densifies toward the rim. The cymbals are bright, clear, and unusually consistent between examples.