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See my article "Strange Sounds from the Belfry" a few Christmasses ago. Har=
rington's were the only firm regularly to produce tubular chimes for church=
towers, c1885 - c1925. However, G&J, never ones to turn down a job, freque=
ntly overhauled sets at as time when othjer fouinders/bellhangers wouldn't,=
and in the case of St George's, Ramsgate, cast in 1917 a flat 7th for the =
ten which had been supplied by HL&Co in 1888. It sounds just as bad as the =
rest of them - I wonder if they bought it from Harrington's. It looks the s=
ame as the rest and has no lettering on it.=20=20
The testimonials which they published remind one of the sort of thing which=
Vickers published for their steel bells. Either those who wrote them were =
easily pleased, or just wished to get their names in print; or else the pas=
sage of time and the condition of the equipment and the bells themselves ha=
s lent itself in some cases to a monstrosity of tone which surely was not t=
he case when they were supplied. I have seen and heard some restored sets -=
the now removed octave at Sandwich and the eight at Garsdon, Wilts, come s=
traight to mind; and they sounded reasonable enough.
Clearly, domestic clock chimes were made after Harringtons' demise; perhaps=
the question could have been asked of the horologists at the road show. I =
gather that some small sets were amplified in towers and broadcast through =
loudspeakers. Is not the Royal Liver Building supposed to be so equipped?
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From: Jim Phillips=20
To: Bell Historians=20
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 12:18 PM
Subject: [Bell Historians] Tubular chimes.
GAD wrote
"Tuning is very simple, just saws some tube off the
end!"
I feel it is not so simple. I have two sets of tuned
wind chimes by Woodstock. The Gregorian chime
(soprano) consists of 8 tubes and the Kyoto consisting
of 5 much larger tubes. Some of the Kyoto tubes have
chamfered ends and most of the ends of the tubes
appear to have been on the lathe to get the right
pitch. To get an organ pipe to sound the right note
you just do not saw off the end. It requires
'tweaking'. I have never heard tower tubular bells
but I have heard hemispherical bells chimed - St Mark,
Victoria Park chimed by the late Ernie Rowe and they
sounded very realistic.
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See my article "Strange Sounds from the Be=
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few Christmasses ago. Harrington's were the only firm regularly t=
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produce tubular chimes for church towers, c1885 - c1925. However, G&J, =
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ones to turn down a job, frequently overhauled sets at as time when othjer=
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fouinders/bellhangers wouldn't, and in the case of St George's,=20
Ramsgate, cast in 1917 a flat 7th for the ten which had been supp=
lied=20
by HL&Co in 1888. It sounds just as bad as the rest of them - I wonder =
if=20
they bought it from Harrington's. It looks the same as the rest and has no=
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lettering on it.
The testimonials which they published remi=
nd one of=20
the sort of thing which Vickers published for their steel bells. Either tho=
se=20
who wrote them were easily pleased, or just wished to get their names in pr=
int;=20
or else the passage of time and the condition of the equipment and the bell=
s=20
themselves has lent itself in some cases to a monstrosity of tone which sur=
ely=20
was not the case when they were supplied. I have seen and heard some=20
restored sets - the now removed octave at Sandwich and the eight =
at=20
Garsdon, Wilts, come straight to mind; and they sounded =20
reasonable enough.
Clearly, domestic clock chimes were made a=
fter=20
Harringtons' demise; perhaps the question could have been asked of the=20
horologists at the road show. I gather that some small sets were=20
amplified in towers and broadcast through loudspeakers. Is not th=
e=20
Royal Liver Building supposed to be so equipped?
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 12:=
18=20
PM
Subject: [Bell Historians] Tubular=
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chimes.
GAD wrote
"Tuning is very simple, just saws som=
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tube off the
end!"
I feel it is not so simple. I have two=
sets=20
of tuned
wind chimes by Woodstock. The Gregorian chime
(sopra=
no)=20
consists of 8 tubes and the Kyoto consisting
of 5 much larger tubes.&n=
bsp;=20
Some of the Kyoto tubes have
chamfered ends and most of the ends of th=
e=20
tubes
appear to have been on the lathe to get the right
pitch. =
; To=20
get an organ pipe to sound the right note
you just do not saw off the=
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end. It requires
'tweaking'. I have never heard tower tubu=
lar=20
bells
but I have heard hemispherical bells chimed - St Mark,
Victor=
ia=20
Park chimed by the late Ernie Rowe and they
sounded very=20
realistic.
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