Verona Cathedral's new tenor

[david at r...]

List members might like to know that the new tenor at Verona Cathedral has been cast and is to be hung soon.

The founders are the De Poli foundry of Vittorio Veneto, and the new bell weighs 4495kg, or 88-1-25.

The previous tenor weighed 4454kg and cracked a couple of years ago.

A brief sound clip of the Verona Cathedral bells (the heaviest full circle ringing bells in the world) can be found at :-

http://www.ringing.demon.co.uk/veronese/veronese.htm

David Bagley