[Bell Historians] Steel bell dimensions versus bell metal

[davidhird_uk]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "David Bryant" 
<davidbryant at h...> wrote:
> It is as much to do with the profile of the bell, I think, as with 
the
> different metal. The steel bells I have looked at closely have had 
very
> little if any swelling inside at the bottom, where you would expect a
> sound-bow. Again, it is the profile rather than the metal which 
gives most
> steel bells such awful partial tones, with wildly sharp hums. James
> Harrison achieved a similar effect - very light bells for their 
note - with
> bell metal.
> 
> Harrison did it by making the bells extremely short-waisted compared 
to their diameter, though.
> 
> David

Are Masham by this founder and is that why they sound so awful?

David