today was asked to find a silver bell
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the easiest solution a bell with screw on flare
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flare 22ga///stem 22
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my seeker asks how those threaded parts affect the sound
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one aspect of one piece bell is that the same gauge is used thruout
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there was a long detailed connversation w a spinner
and 22ga was usually it for a one piece
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STERLING BELL //SCREW BELL QUESTIONS
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A screw bell has a collar that adds some mass. This changes the sound. I can't say whether it's better or worse, but some have had the equivalent of a screw bell ring fitted to their bells; probably to aid projection. One of our Techs might be able to describe better.
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I have an Edwards sterling silver bell. Clank the bell and it has a real long lasting deep ring. Play it and you get great overtones from the very low up.Hold the bell while you play and it goes dead unlike a brass bell that sounds like you are holding it.
Not to sure I would want to cut a sterling silver bell.
Not to sure I would want to cut a sterling silver bell.
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Quote from: Whitbey on Jan 14, 2018, 11:45AMI have an Edwards sterling silver bell. Clank the bell and it has a real long lasting deep ring. Play it and you get great overtones from the very low up.Hold the bell while you play and it goes dead unlike a brass bell that sounds like you are holding it.
Not to sure I would want to cut a sterling silver bell.
Might it depend on the bell? Alan Raph had his Duo Gravis SilverSonic cut so air travel would be easier. You can hear it in his Youtube videos. I think he used it on many of his Quincy Jones dates. All sounds pretty good to me.
Side note on my Silver Sonic: I REALLY dread gigs where the pitch lowers to the point where E is in tune with my bell resonance. The horn vibrates like mad in my hands, and I have to work my tail off to make the note heard in the room (horn is eating up all the energy.) Sure makes a pretty "ping" on that note, though
Not to sure I would want to cut a sterling silver bell.
Might it depend on the bell? Alan Raph had his Duo Gravis SilverSonic cut so air travel would be easier. You can hear it in his Youtube videos. I think he used it on many of his Quincy Jones dates. All sounds pretty good to me.
Side note on my Silver Sonic: I REALLY dread gigs where the pitch lowers to the point where E is in tune with my bell resonance. The horn vibrates like mad in my hands, and I have to work my tail off to make the note heard in the room (horn is eating up all the energy.) Sure makes a pretty "ping" on that note, though
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STERLING BELL //SCREW BELL QUESTIONS
Quote from: Whitbey on Jan 14, 2018, 11:45AMI have an Edwards sterling silver bell. Clank the bell and it has a real long lasting deep ring. Play it and you get great overtones from the very low up.Hold the bell while you play and it goes dead unlike a brass bell that sounds like you are holding it.
Not to sure I would want to cut a sterling silver bell.
Might it depend on the bell? Alan Raph had his Duo Gravis SilverSonic cut so air travel would be easier. You can hear it in his Youtube videos. I think he used it on many of his Quincy Jones dates. All sounds pretty good to me.
Side note on my Silver Sonic: I REALLY dread gigs where the pitch lowers to the point where E is in tune with my bell resonance. The horn vibrates like mad in my hands, and I have to work my tail off to make the note heard in the room (horn is eating up all the energy.) Sure makes a pretty "ping" on that note, though
Not to sure I would want to cut a sterling silver bell.
Might it depend on the bell? Alan Raph had his Duo Gravis SilverSonic cut so air travel would be easier. You can hear it in his Youtube videos. I think he used it on many of his Quincy Jones dates. All sounds pretty good to me.
Side note on my Silver Sonic: I REALLY dread gigs where the pitch lowers to the point where E is in tune with my bell resonance. The horn vibrates like mad in my hands, and I have to work my tail off to make the note heard in the room (horn is eating up all the energy.) Sure makes a pretty "ping" on that note, though