  We calculate rates for hybrid meson production by electromagnetic and weak
interactions in the flux-tube model. Applications include photo and
electroproduction at Jefferson Laboratory and HERA, and the production of light
strange and charmed hybrids in the weak decays of heavy flavours.
Photoproduction of some light hybrids is predicted to be prominent in charge
exchange reactions, $\gamma p \to n \cal{H}$ and accessible in $\gamma p \to p
\cal{H}$. Production of light or charmed hybrids in $B$ and $D$ decays may be
feasible with high statistics. Photoproduction of the axial hybrid meson is
predicted to be large courtesy of $\pi$ exchange, and its strange counterpart
is predicted in $B \to \psi K_H(1^+)$ with $b.r. \sim 10^{-4}$. Production
rates for exotic hybrid candidates $1^{-+};(0,2)^{+-}$ are given special
attention. Selection rules that can help to distinguish between hybrid and
conventional states with the same $J^{PC}$ are noted.
