As well as the Taylor profile bell, Ben had cast a numbers of other small bells including one very thick carillon type treble bell sounding a high C. Although it was a sound casting, as is often the case, the bell had a split partial causing its tone to “wobble”. I was able to identify two nodes giving the two separate hum frequencies approximately 4 cents apart. Ben put a vertical cut along the line of the upper of the two notes, lowering its pitch to that of the lower, and eliminating the wobble.
Having successfully done this we retired to discuss the achievements of my visit – successful 5 tone tuning of an American cast bell, successful retuning of an old bell and successful removal of a wobble from a small carillon bell. I’m proud to have been able to put Smiths Bell and Clock Inc in the position of being able to offer tuning services to its future clients.www.smithsbellandclock.com
I am grateful to JJ Smith and Ben Sunderlin for their considerable hospitality whilst I was with then.