Vibro-acoustic behavior of Spanish bells with metallic and wooden yoke

Abstract

With the purpose of studying the acoustics of the same bell with wooden yoke and with metallic yoke, a bell to which have been installed both yokes has settled in the acoustically conditioned room of the University of Alicante and acoustic experiences have been carried out for separate for each one of them. A Test protocol has been defined selecting points located in different quadrants and at different heights on the brass was hit with a hammer impact. The bell response has registered with a microphone and analyzed to permit compare under laboratory conditions the frequency response of oneself bell with two types of different yokes.