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Jameson Kimball Group: Members Posts: 148 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Jan. 20 2005, 21:17 Okay This is really bothering me. you all know that the cover of Tubular Bells has that contorted chime, right. I am playing the chimes in a school band and I was wondering ( as I so often do) what note is the bent chime? is it the Low E chime or Say the D# chime which one is it AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!>??????????????? IT IS STARTING TO DRIVE ME FREAKIN CRAZY!!!!!! Note:In my band they call them Chimes not Tubular Bells. -------------- www.soundcloud.com/jamesonkimball Back to top

a_r_schulz Group: Members Posts: 425 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Jan. 21 2005, 05:34 AFAIK the original 'Bell' was custom metal work and very unlikely tuned to some special note. Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Jan. 21 2005, 05:59 I agree, it was likely never played, just produced for the cover art. -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

Jameson Kimball Group: Members Posts: 148 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Jan. 21 2005, 08:42 thankyou very much -------------- www.soundcloud.com/jamesonkimball Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 21 2005, 19:40 A musician friend of mine told me that it just can't play anything, with that shape. To play notes, a pipe has to be either straight or plain triangular. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Jan. 22 2005, 10:09 It would play a note - every object has a fundamental resonant frequency - it just probably wouldn't sound terribly good. The bends would certainly affect the way the vibrations travel along it, though I'm not certain that bending it into that particular shape would be hugely different to bending it into a triangle (though of course, two of the three 'sides' of the twisted bell shape aren't straight like they would be on a triangle). I'm not actually certain that bending a tube into a triangle would do a lot for its sound either (the instrument the triangle is of course a rod rather than a tube). I'm afraid I don't know enough about the physics of chime design and construction (my own area being that of chordophones) to be able to tell you any more than that. I seek out some more information, if anyone's seriously interested, though the it's likely to be quite complex in nature... Back to top

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