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Sound-bow.

That part of the bell on which the clapper strikes. The sound-bow is the point of greatest thickness, and is considered as unity in stating the proportions of the bell.

Sound-bow in thickness1
Diameter at the mouth15
Diameter at the shoulder7.5

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