Re: model bell

[James K Whiting <whiting MIT EDU>]

I think the main problem with small bells is that they are very hard to 
ring the
same way as large bells. If we get a bell with the slider, stay, and rope
attachment of a real bell, it will take a lot of practice to be able to 
ring it
correctly. That would be like the model bell at advent. For ringers, I 
think
this is fine because even if we can't ring the bell we know enough about 
how it
works to show someone. For non-ringers, I think we would want a bell with
stiffer bearings so that it will ring slower and have less of a tendancy 
to go
out of control as soon as you pull it off. The wooden one might be good, 
even
if it has to be turned by hand. It obviously isn't a real bell, but it 
should
show how a real bell works.

James

Quoting Laura Dickerson <lauradi erols com>:
>    The new education/docent coordinator/outreach person at Old North
> (I've forgotten her name and title) would like us to have some sort of
> model bell that the docents leading the behind-the-scenes tours can use
> as part of the demonstration.  Kerry suggested the one  offered for sale
> at Pam Copson's site:
> 
> http://www.copson.btinternet.co.uk/number_one_bell.html
> 
>    I have been trying out (clinking my ring against) the various flower
> pots at the Salem Street Ace Hardware and am intrigued at the idea of
> trying to make a little bell on a wheel. I suppose it would hang down in
> front of the bookshelf.  We'd have to move the wood block out of the
> way, and (more difficult) make the mechanism.  I am planning to email
> David Town, who makes small wheels, to get his advice. Remember that
> mini-rings don't necessarily have sliders and stays. This would make it
> easier to design but less accurate for showing the tourists what we do.
>   Any ideas?
> Laura Dickerson
> 
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