[TheForge] Re: Chimes

[Mike Spencer]

> Hi Mike,
>
> Hmmm, I saw this number on the web page you pointed two earlier:
> http://home.fuse.net/engineering/Chimes.htm
> (bookmarked, thanks)
>
> Any idea where that number comes from? Even fractions like 1/4 (25%) 
> makes intuitive sense the way I understand the physics of standing 
> waves. I poked around but didn't find anything supporting the 22.42% 
> number?

I'm the other Mike but: I haven't read all of that good stuff yet but
I'm sure I saw something indicating the overtones of tubular chimes
are all different from strings, horns and all those things we're used
to.  I'm thinkingg the vibrational geometry is likewise weird but I
can't (yet) point to chapter & verse.

I'm going to go out tonight and hang my piece of bombsight at
22.42% as close as may be and see what I get.

BTW, couple of days ago I started up the little generator that had
given me trouble with its mag field.  I was going to try the electric
drill start trick and report on it here.  But dang!  It lit right up
from the get go.

(The other)
- Mike

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