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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In my email last night I omitted to mention
that Helmore's Gregorian chimes of Canterbury Cathedral are by no means
unique, as devotees of Inspector Morse will know. The quarter chimes at Merton
College - presumably on the back five - are the same composition. This begs the
question as to which came first, Canterbury (as Richard says, 1897) or
Merton; and if it was Merton, did they originate with Helmore, or did he
"borrow" the idea for Canterbury?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I would take issue with him on the
Norwich "chimes being sounded automatically" - what a racket they
make, being struck in the order 12342345 with an "open handstroke" every
alternate row, monotonous and repetitive in the extreme, not least because of
the undersized hammers. The bells used to be sounded by human agency
from a chime rack in the N triforium, the ropes being attached to the old
ringing clappers as they had been since c1800. The sound was quite
acceptable if if the method was doubtful. The QUARTER CHIMES, composed by
Precentor Medley for Dean Goulburn's new clock, are however melodious,
even and unusual. They are sounded using full-sized and correctly
proportioned hammers. It was to these perhaps that Richard should
have referred. For other comments on the service chimes, aka 'Gilbert's
Revenge' see the late Paul Cattermole's Church Bells of Norwich with photos
of the Cathedral bells by me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>DLC (Norwich DAC Bells Adviser
1972-1977) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 02, 2009 12:35
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Unusual
clock chimes</DIV>
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<P>The clock chime at Canterbury Cathedral, which is based on the 8th
Gregorian Chant and was composed in 1899 by the Cathedral's Precentor,
Canon F.J.O. Helmore (who was also a very fine ringers by all accounts) to
commemorate the 1,300th (if memory serves me correct) anniversary of St
Augustine landing in Kent. The whole chime is topped off by the
magnificent sound of Great Dunstan - probably the best sounding 18th
century bell in Britain (that statement should set a debate
going!).<BR><BR>Richard<BR><BR><BR><BR><B>On Mon Nov 2 6:50 , 'Mark Regan'
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