But thin bells tend to wrap or fold if the screw ring stucks sometimes. If modern bells are not made from the mushroom-shaped flat material, wound together & widened a bit - later - they are made from a flat disk mostly & soldered to the main part of the horn, no matter if cut later or not. AND, the neck of the bell is thin therefore & most sensitive against "screw abuse".
If the bell is "clapped on " with the flat hand, it must not produce a ringing tone, but a nearly dead noise. So no interferences with the sound will occur. ################################################################### Am 27.03.2010 um 12:50 schrieb Jerry Houston: > On 3/27/2010 4:20 AM, Hans Pizka wrote: >> Do we get the bell cut for sound reason ? Definitely no. >> But for easier transport. >> If one gets the bell cut, he/she does not want to fit the horn into >> the old case, >> but into a new compact case or gig bag or whatever. >> > > I was kidding, Hans, although perhaps not very well. It's quite > early here. > > I have heard, however, that some thin bells are improved by stiffening > them with a ring. Is there really never a "sound" reason for > cutting a > bell? > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
