[Bell Historians] Re: alternative to bells

[Richard Offen]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Higson" 
<andrew_higson at t...> wrote:
> I can confirm that Smiths do electronic chimes.
> 
> We have a shopping centre in Loughborough called the Carillon 
Centre (Any 
> Aussies on the list, please note there is no i after the double ll!)

[I know, I grind my teeth every time I hear them saying it! They 
have also started calling a carillon player a "carillionist" ...yuk!]


>which 
> has a clock with a turret and one of our bells in it (about 16") to 
strike 
> the hours. The quarters and the tunes that play after the hour 
(Polly put 
> the kettle on and other musical masterpieces)are artificial.

[And dreadful it sounds too!]

> 
> Typical of Charnwood Borough Council not to ask their indigenous 
bellfounder 
> if they could supply real bells!

[They probably thought they couldn't afford real bells!]

R