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Musically Tuned Small Bells

Sent to General Experts December 30, 2006 10:16 a.m.

I recently lost all my vision. I have 5 cats and can no longer tell them apart. I have bells on all their collars so that I can tell when they are near by, but I can't tell which is which until I pick up one and examine it tactilely. I would like to find some bells, which are tuned precisely to notes of the musical scale. Then by putting as few as 2 of them on each cat, I could create the essence of musical cords, such as first inversion, second inversion, or perhaps a 7'th or some other variation, that would enable me to distinguish the cats by the cords I hear when they are present. I would appreciate it if someone could tell me where to find such precisely tuned bells. They need to be very small as well.

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December 30, 2006 12:47 p.m. (2 hours and 31 minutes later)

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I am sorry to say but I could not find any musically tuned bells that would fit onto a cats collar. They do make musically tuned bells but they are much larger in scale and they are hand held and the cat could not withstand the weight of the bell. They make windchimes that are tuned...but I am afraid those will also be too heavy.

I would suggest putting different types of bells on each cat. You can use tin bells (like a cow bell in small version) on one cat, mini chime on another cat, jingle bells on one, etc. I found a website that offers many different types of bells that come in different sizes. The sounds should vary slightly due to the dia. of each of the bells. The smaller the more high pitched. The wider the mroe hollow and deep the bell ring will be. There are several different bells on this webpage and I think it will be a good solution towards what you are looking for.

http://www.ajantaenterprises.com/bells/bells.htm

If you have anymore questions, or want me to research more into different types of small bells that could make differnt noises I would be happy to do so. Good luck!

Maggie

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