Making a Whole Bell Stack Removable

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Re: Making a Whole Bell Stack Removable

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bort2.0 wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:41 pm Look, these things were not detachable in the civil war, and that worked out just fine for everyone, okay, right? Oh wait...
Some of us were OK with detachment, for others it was forever union or else!!

Right there's your problem!! :slap:


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Re: Making a Whole Bell Stack Removable

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bort2.0 wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:41 pm Look, these things were not detachable in the civil war, and that worked out just fine for everyone, okay, right? Oh wait...
I've never seen a BBb OTS, lots of Eb, but never the contrabass.
Tubajug wrote: Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:26 pm I have a Reynolds baritone body with a removable bell. You could use the tenon and collar from that. The ID of the collar is approx 3.5". It is missing the flanges and screws, but you could probably procure some. You could then drill a hole in the male tenon so that the screws actually go through the male tenon rather than just press against it. Dan Schultz did that for a removable bell helicon he made.
This is similar to a helicon that Lee had through his shop a while back - a brace was designed to fit into a post, allowing for the bell to be removable. I had a similar thought to use lyre mounts and square rod to secure it a little better.

Without pulling it apart, the inner diameter at the first ferrule above the bell is a little over 3 inches in diameter.
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