[TheForge] Re: triangle bells/rebar

[PlumDon at aol.com]

I kinda got wrapped up in this triangle business 'cause I do sell some of  
them ocassionally. I got to wondering if you had a four sided chime (instead of  
a triangle) how it would work. I thought I would make it out of 1/2" round 
and  make each of the four sides 7". That would constitute 89.6% (4 x 22.4%) of 
the  length.  The total length would then be 31.25". The remaining 3.25" I 
bent  in the other direction at 45 degrees, drilled a 1/8" hole through it and 
hung it  with string. I tried that and it really seems to ring well with a long 
lasting  sound (is that called sustain). I dont really understand the physics 
of sound  but with the set up described above am I taking advantage of the 
nodes,  harmonics and etc?
 
Don  Plummer
Plummer Design Works
392 Hallman Mill Road
Phoenixville, PA  19460
610-495-5058