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Ribbed bell - original ribs?

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:15 pm
by imperialbari

Re: Ribbed bell - original ribs?

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:49 pm
by tubatom91
I can't imagine they are from the factory, but they seem to have been added long ago. Maybe by the original owner when it was new

Re: Ribbed bell - original ribs?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:50 pm
by J.c. Sherman
Chances are they were added to reinforce a very badly damaged, easily warped bell.

J.c.S.

Re: Ribbed bell - original ribs?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:54 pm
by windshieldbug
Might've been an Italian opera horn, where disgruntled patrons pelted the pit with large vegetables when they didn't feel they were getting their money's worth...

Re: Ribbed bell - original ribs?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:58 pm
by imperialbari
Who is the cynic right now?