[TheForge] Re: triangle bells/rebar

[Charle B Vincent]

Yeah uh, ok,  but since the length of tube for a chime has to be some 
integral component of the wave , where are you sugesting to make the 
attachment ( as a fraction of the length)

Maybe I am missing it and you have told us that, and I am just too dense 
this morning?


Charles


Bill Alleman wrote:

>Larry and Pat Brown wrote on 9/17/2004, 5:04 AM:
>
> > If I remember correctly from making some wind chimes the attachment
> > point is about 1/4 down the tube
>
>A half-wave, like a jumprope, doesn't get you any useable nodes. One 
>full wave (an octave) would be end to end, with a node at the center. 
>Then 1.5 waves (like a triangle) divides in thirds. The next harmonic, 2 
>full waves, would have nodes at the 1/4s and 1/2. Etcetera. The length, 
>from attachment point to ends, should be an integral number of 
>half-waves, and I believe that the lower the harmonic of choice, the 
>better the effect. Like the guitar technique Yes used in Roundabout...
>  
>