[Bell Historians] olympics

[Roderic Bickerton]

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RB
>  Absolutely right it needs to be over a 
> resonant
>  length like a xylophone bar to boost the 
> lowest
>  frequency to compensate for the diurnal curve
>  falling off, (loss of sensitivity of the ear 
> at
>  low frequency) or in English, to give it bass
>  boost, otherwise it will sound gutless.

Or a tower ...

DrL


a tuned tower, dimensioned for the air column 
resonance to equal that of the bell