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I worked with [Chris Chafe](http://chrischafe.net/about-2-2/), [Greg Niemeyer](https://www.gregniemeyer.com/), [Edmund Campion](http://edmundcampion.com/), and [Perrin Meyer](http://www.lizardinthesun.com/#psm) to help realize two pieces in which a reconstructed virtual model of the Tsar Bell used as a performable element. Since this is/was one of the world's largest bells (although it never rung), it was the interest of a number of researchers to hear it. [John Granzow](http://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/1568/recasting-the-tsar-bell-with-john-granzow) did a lot of work on the modeling of the bell to ensure that it was represented accurately. This involved modeling the bell with a polygonal mesh that was used to simulate frequency behavior in FEA (Finite Element Analyses). FEA basically allows for the approximation of which frequencies would be excited from the bell, if it existed. John researched specfiic metals that allowed for the matching of densities in the model, which was eventually used for the resynthesis. This resysnthesis was carried out by Chris Chafe in Faust. My role was to build externals with the Faust framework that could be struck by various types of impulses. I then created performance software that incorporated Chafe and Campion's ideas on their respective pieces.
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This work was conceived of by Chris Chafe and Greg Niemeyer. A quote from Greg Niemeyer on the physical characteristics of bells:
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