[sdiy] Tubular Bells

[Tim Ressel]

James,

What about copper water pipe? McMaster-Carr has both
brass and copper tubing.

I can tell you that finish is very important to making
a bell. Ends need to be clean, and the pipe surface
needs to be polished, preferably inside and out. 

As for construction, just get some 3/4" copper pipe
from Home Whatsit, and PLAY!!!

--TimR

--- James Patchell <patchell at cox.net> wrote:

> I have been wanting to build a set of Midi Chimes
> for a long time.  A 
> recent thread here got me interested in doing this
> again.  The main problem 
> is the bells themselves.  I have found a few
> websites that describe the 
> construction of tubular bells, but not in any
> detail, and they are mostly 
> talking about making wind chimes.  Does anybody know
> of any information 
> where they really go into the design of tubular
> bells?
> 
> I am planing of getting some aluminum tubing and
> doing some more 
> experiments.  The only tubing I have around here at
> the moment is 
> electrical conduit, and that does not seem to work
> all that well.  Brass 
> tubing seems to be what I really need, but that is
> very expensive to be 
> experimenting with.
> 
> I have also been looking on the interent for
> "concert chimes"....brand new 
> $4K....I have been checking ebay hoping for a
> deal...
> 
> I am going to be using the same controller board for
> the Midi Chimes as I 
> used on the already completed Glockenspiel.
> 
> 
>
http://www.oldcrows.net/~patchell/pictures/pictures.html#Glockenspiel
> 
> 
>          -Jim
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