on the soundbow, but totally different and often un-harmonious sounds can be heard by striking the bell in different places. A typical example would be striking the bell on the waist whereby the Quint and Upper Third partials would be very strong and the resulting sound quite unpleasant. The Quint partial has little, if any bearing on the sound if the bell is struck on the soundbow.

The relative amplitudes are also dependent on the clapper mass, material and contact time. A shorter contact time results in stronger high-order and weaker low-order frequencies, conversely a longer contact time results in the high-order frequencies being dampened. Increasing the mass of the clapper should result in a longer contact time and a change of clapper material to one with a smaller elasticity moduli will also result in a longer contact-time.