Fw: Lead

[David Bryant]

>From Andrew Higson:

> Message date : Mar 16 2004, 09:33 AM
> From : "bellmaster" 
> To : "David Bryant" 
> Copy to : 
> Subject : Lead
> 
> I'm intrigued by the addition of lead! What 
> does that do to the 
> > durability of the casting?  
 
Its not uncommon to find lead up to 1% in the analyses we have had done of old bells - notably some Hemony bells that we copied a couple of years ago to replace some over bright Eijsbouts bells. I haven't seen any evidence that the lead makes the bells soft or any less durable, just makes the upper partials a little less intense, which was the problem at Clungunford - the tower picked up on the octave quint.
 
Why not just make 
> the fundamental as 
> > flat as a pancake and leave the fifth very 
> sharp? That always has 
> > the desired effect
 
That would sound nice!
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