▁but ▁thin ▁spl ash es ▁cannot ▁generally ▁be ▁mounted ▁bell ▁down . ▁ ▁Rest rict s ▁playing ▁of ▁the ▁lower ▁c ym bal , ▁generally ▁even ▁to ▁making ▁playing ▁its ▁bell ▁impossible . ▁ ▁Rest rict s ▁adjust ment ▁of ▁the ▁d amp ing ▁of ▁either ▁c ym bal . ▁The ▁mount ing ▁b olt ▁t ension ▁and ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁one ▁felt ▁are ▁the ▁same ▁for ▁both ▁c ym b als , ▁as ▁the ▁mount ing ▁b olt , ▁wing nut ▁and ▁this ▁felt ▁are ▁all ▁shared ▁between ▁them . ▁ ▁Many ▁ch ina ▁spl ash ▁c ym b als ▁and ▁some ▁bell ▁c ym b als ▁are ▁designed ▁to ▁be ▁mounted ▁bell ▁down , ▁and ▁are ▁particularly ▁su ited ▁to ▁p ig gy back ▁mount ing . ▁Other ▁spl ash ▁c ym b als , ▁however , ▁are ▁very ▁rarely ▁mounted ▁bell ▁down ▁except ▁when ▁p ig gy back ed . ▁ ▁Most ▁but ▁not ▁all ▁drum mers ▁put ▁an ▁additional ▁felt ▁between ▁the ▁b ells ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁c ym b als , ▁to ▁eliminate ▁any ▁direct ▁contact ▁between ▁the ▁c ym b als ▁and ▁retain ▁the ▁tone ▁of ▁each . ▁However ▁the ▁slight ▁contact ▁between ▁the ▁b ells ▁if ▁the ▁extra ▁felt ▁is ▁not ▁used ▁affect s ▁the ▁tone ▁of ▁each ▁c ym bal ▁only ▁subt ly , ▁and ▁some ▁drum mers ▁like ▁the ▁t onal ▁connection ▁that ▁results . ▁Begin ners ▁sometimes ▁use ▁this ▁technique ▁for ▁another ▁reason ▁entirely : ▁The ▁mount ing ▁b olt ▁may ▁not ▁be