Hi, All bells are annealed during the manufacturing process, it is impossible to spin a bell or bend a bell with out annealing it, more for nickel silver, less for brass. It may be that the flares were annealed again after they were made which would soften them and enlarge the grains , and put more distance between the grains. Wes _www.weshatchhorns.com_ (http://www.weshatchhorns.com) In a message dated 4/20/2011 3:40:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Howard wrote: "I don't want to cut the bell on my N series 8D because the bell rings forever..... Dave W wrote What does the old "thunk test" prove? You could whack a steel mixing bowl and it work ring for a week. But would that bowl make a good horn bell? ************ Cabbage says: Lawson did some studies of how horns sound with annealed and unannealed flares. (These were published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America some while ago.) An annealed flare is one which rings for a while when you strike it; unannealed flares generally will not....... My $.02 worth ... Doesn't any nifty aspect of the bell "ringing" go out the window when you put your big fat hand in the bell? Also, a steel mixing bowl won't ring a bit if there's some chocolate chip cookie dough in it ... wait ... wrong forum. Sorry. Bill _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/weshatch%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
