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<DIV><SPAN class=073454423-29102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I was
very surprised to hear the Cambridge Quarters in the Ile de France (Just north
of Paris) at St Denis. They were quite sweet modern sounding bells in
the Mairie which is right next to the Basilica. The very top note was not
working but unmistakeably the right tune. Any others in the Paris
area? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=073454423-29102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Andrew</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>David Cawley<BR><B>Sent:</B> 29 October 2007 18:54<BR><B>To:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] French
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dare one suggest that it is in case one didn't
hear it the first time :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've also seen it suggested that even if one did
hear it first time round, the number of blows may have been miscounted or
partly missed - so one would be able to listen carefully the second time
round.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It helped of course at 12.30 13.00 or
13.30 if there was a half-hour single blow without quarters or
separate bells, as the 13.00 bell would strike twice; but would not
have differentiated 12.30 and 13.30.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another interesting variation is where all the
quarters were accompanied by the preceding hour.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>Village Bells </EM>is recommended reading,
but hard work, even in English.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DLC<EM> </EM></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 29, 2007 1:59
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] French
clocks.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seems a bit quiet at the moment so how about
this?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why is it that some French clocks strike the
hour twice? One hears it the first time and then two minutes later it
strikes again as if one had not heard it the first time. I have read Alain
Corbin's book 'Village Bells' but there seems nothing in there to explain
this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A.A.J.B.</FONT></DIV>
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