[TheForge] Re: triangle bells/rebar

[Chris Kilpatrick]

I am making an oxy tank bell, and have a question.  Where and how and with what should I strike the bell for best tone?

-Chris K.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Linn <bamablacksmith at comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:01:55 -0600
To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: triangle bells/rebar

> 
> The nodal points are actually 22.42 % from either end
> 
> 
> 
> At 09:01 AM 9/17/2004, you wrote:
> >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...
> >>
> >
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