bell part...

[Maz]

Does anyone know the name of the dangly rod/hammer thing inside a traditional bell? Like on an old school bell for example. Does it have a special name or is it called a hammer or striker or something?

thanks

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Clapper.

 

[Dayvo]

Clanger?

 

[Keith Oates]

Hammer is OK, Striker is OK, but or something doesn't seem right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Arch]

RT is right... clapper.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Maybe it's a donger or something

No, you're thinking of something entirely different.

 

[Speck]

http://www.russianbells.com/founding/bellparts.html

 

[Maz]

Thank you very much. Clapper it is.

 

[Aint Skeered]

Metalic resonance actuator?

 

[Tetedelacourse]

So which part is technically the bell end?

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Obviously, it's the end of the bell.

 

[Pete]

Clicky

 

[Aint Skeered]

Clicky

Nice pub at the bottom of that lane

 

[Alan Frame]

Clapper it is, and gives rise to the expression of "riding like the clappers" at high speed.

 

[Dayvo]

Clapper it is, and gives rise to the expression of "riding like the clappers" at high speed.

I thought it was more a case of 'she goes like the clappers'.

Or am I getting confused with 'she bangs like a shed door in a storm'?