[Bell Historians] Matching old bells in a ring

[Carl S Zimmerman]

Oh, absolutely!

At 23:18 +0000 2003/01/12, Bill Hibbert <bill at h...> wrote:
>I read Carl's examples from American rings / chimes with some
>interest. I do think however that there is a big difference between
>bells for chiming and for change ringing because of the way they are
>used - change ringing is a great leveller of bell quality because one
>hears so little of each bell before the next one strikes.

and because the tower acoustics of most rings tend to mix the sound 
so thoroughly. A ring in a belfry with external openings of only a 
few percent may sound very fine, while a chime in the same belfry 
would be nearly inaudible.