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SOUND-BOW [1 record]

Record 1 2017-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
DEF

The thickest part of a bell, against which the hammer strikes.

CONT

The sound-producing area of the bell is the body and the sound bow. These parts are constructed in a way that the vibration from the clapper hitting the inside of the sound bow is most intense at the very bottom lip of the bell itself.

CONT

[The ball is the] rounded part of the clapper containing the largest concentration of mass which strikes the bell at the sound bow level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
DEF

Partie d'une cloche où frappe le battant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de percusión
CONT

Se distinguen diferentes partes en las campanas: la corona, el hombro, el tercio, el medio, el medio pie y el pie. [...] La arista entre el medio pie y el pie corresponde en el interior con el punto donde golpea el badajo, que es el de mayor grosor de toda la pieza.

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