[Bell Historians] Access to a long-waisted bell for an experiment

[Andrew Wilby]

Bill
We have one in the Foundry Museum and as ever you are welcome to whatever
you need.
Get in touch?
Andrew

On Mon, 25 Jul 2022, 20:54 , <bill at hibberts.co.uk> wrote:

> I would like to get access to a long-waisted bell to take some
> measurements and recordings. I am hoping that a list member may know of a
> bell I could use for this experiment, or know of someone else who could
> help.
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> If there is any doubt, by long-waisted I mean a bell that looks like one
> of the pictures here: https://www.hibberts.co.uk/long-waisted-bells/ .
> Suitable bells are likely to date from the 1100s or 1200s. The purpose of
> the investigation is to confirm the naming of partials for this type of
> bell. I believe that the main partials in these bells are in a different
> frequency order than those in a modern-shaped bell. I would like to confirm
> this by testing an example.
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> The experiment involves marking up the rim of the bell with chalk, and
> then taking recordings while striking the bell at multiple points around
> the rim. This means that safe access is needed all round the bell – for
> example, a bell in a turret is unlikely to be suitable.
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> For those who are interested in the detail, a similar experiment conducted
> on a bell of conventional shape is described here:
> https://www.hibberts.co.uk/identifying-bell-partials/.
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> I realise this is quite a cheeky request, I am hoping that local knowledge
> from list members will avoid me having to email dozens of tower
> correspondents and churchwardens in the search for a suitable candidate.
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> Please reply to bill at hibberts.co.uk rather than the list, and thanks in
> advance for any help you can give me.
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> Regards,
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> Bill H
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