Re: Question for you scientific types.


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Posted by Fred Young on August 31, 2003 at 19:28:01:

In Reply to: Question for you scientific types. posted by Tom C. on August 26, 2003 at 17:52:54:

When the angle of a tangent to the bell exceeds about 40 degrees from the bell axis, the remaining bell makes no contribution to the sound. This was verified by Boosey & Hawkes experimentally by cutting of a bell until it made a difference. You will see many bells on old King tubas where it would not hurt to cut off a couple of inches from the bell thus making the tuba case smaller. This can also be shown mathematically.


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