[Bell Historians] Valletta

[jimhedgcock]

--- I didn't have the inclination to investigate these bells because 
I think there has been much detail in the past. Getting grimy on 
holiday is not top of my list. The information I have was read from 
the 'guide paddle' which you take around the church with you. The 
date, number of bells and possibly the founder were on there. There 
was definitely no detail about who did the rehanging for chiming only 
or any recasting/retuning.


In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Aspland" <aaspland at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> I was in Valetta a few Christmases ago and chimed the bells - 
plain hunt
> on six - on Christmas Eve. Unfortunately the verger didn't have 
time to
> take me up to see the bells. They are chimed from a baton clavier 
with
> widely spaced keys all made of metal. Nice big tower! To my ear 
they
> sounded really rather good and must surely have been retuned if not 
recast.
> Andrew