Steel bells

[davidhird_uk]

I've had a look at some of the youtube european bells and they are 
quite fascinating.

David

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Bill Hibbert" <bill at ...> 
wrote:
>
> We've discussed German steel bells before, but those who are 
interested 
> in bell acoustics might enjoy the following video: 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnyiy7meg9g
> There are several similar videos. This bell at Kevelaer was cast 
in the 
> 1950s by Bochumer. It is almost exactly true-harmonic and I think 
a 
> lovely piece of work. Things of interest to note from the video 
include:
> * the bell seems to have been painted or treated on the outside to 
stop 
> it rusting - though a photo of the Bochumer steel bells at 
Dortmund 
> shows they are rusty on the inside
> * note the counterweight above the bell.
> 
> Wikipedia tells me that Bochumer etopped casting bells in the 60s. 
If 
> this is typical of their output then it's a pity.
> 
> There are now a lot of videos of bells and bellringing on youtube, 
> especially of continental installations. There is much of interest 
to 
> study, and tuning figures extracted for known bells are accurate 
due to 
> the frequency stability of video cameras.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bill H
>