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Circle Bells from Soundiron captures hand-welded Blossom Bells, a tuned percussion instrument that features six steel conical bells tuned to different pitches and spread out in a fan arrangement. Each bell has a deeply rich, warm, and sonorous tone with a long sustain and crystalline clarity.
Each bell was sampled up close in wide stereo using soft mallets, hard picks, and viola bow with both single-strikes/staccatos and rolls/sustains for each articulation. Its distinctive sound evokes the feel of a steel marimbaphone or celeste when played with mallets and a glass armonica when bowed; yet its character and undulating resonance defies any direct comparison.