[Bell Historians] St. Barnabas Pimlico

[Richard Offen]

 My intention is to make the first full circle
> ringing of the bells a kind of public rejoicing occasion. With the 
Bishop,
> press et al. For this I want the bells to be very loud. Then, when we 
put
> sound control in, the populace will hear the difference in volume. I 
know
> from long experience, that fixed sound control can lead to the general
> public assuming that the bells are as loud as they can be. 
> 

What's wrong with installing variable sound control?   

By installing a variable system, you can have both loud ringing for 
special occasions and the sound much attenuated for others.   Far 
better to do this from the outset, then situations, such at the one 
which prevailed at Trinity, New York, until the sound control was 
fitted, will not arise.

Richard