[Bell Historians] Re: Accoustics and tone

[David Bryant]

> When I was a member of the congregation at St Alphege, Seasalter, we 
> had a lay preacher (DLC will remember Wallace!) who could be heard in 
> every corner of the church without ever raising his voice above 
> normal speaking volume. His secret: he was able to pitch his voice, 
> and maintain it, at bottom Eb. Being a church with no side aisles 
> to complicate matters, this was the resonant frequency of the 
> building. The organ tuner once told me that the corresponding Eb on 
> the one pedal stop of the organ was, in reality, voiced considerably 
> quieter than the other pipes of the rank for just the same reason.

So where a ring of bells is concerned, what frequency needs to be matched to the tower? The nominal of the tenor?

David
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