I'm not sure where to post this question but I figure here is a good place to start. After all a bell is a musical instrument isn't it?
I'd like to make a bell as a high school graduation present for my nice, she wants to be a teacher and teachers need school bells, don't they?
I'm thinking about turning one out of metal on my metal turning lathe. And then making some sort of wood structure like a bell tower. This would be relatively small, something that could set on a desk.
Is this possible? Could I get good tone or would it be too small and sound terrible?
Any of you instrument makers ever try this?