[Bell Historians] Berlin, Freedom Bell

[Alan Buswell]

Yes! The details of the Freedom Bell, taken from G&J Tuning Book 16, p7:

98"dia;  Sound Bow, as Cast 7 1/2";  Cast Weight 218-0-0. [No Tuned weight given]  Tunings taken out 28-0-0. Note E; Cast 7-8 August 1950. 
The Tunings are as follows [all 35 of them! are given in column format  but are given here by line. I do not understand them but I expect someone will!]:
82+1/11;  164 1/2+1/2;  199 3/8+1/10;  248 5/8+1/4;  355+1/5;  463;  423;  428 1/2;  429 1/2+ 1 1/3;
504 1/2;  554 1/2+1;  635 1/2;  699 1/2+1/3;  659 1/2+3/4;  685 1/2+1 1/2;  916 1/2+2/5;  1142+1/3;
1388+1/2;   731 LW&W.95&CR;  757 LW&W.95&CR;  783 W?WALL;  868 W?WALL;  985 1/2 LWW;
1007 LWW;  1060 W.WALL;  1111 WW&W;  1170 W;  1178 W;  1214 LWW;  1282 LWW;  1377 LWW;
1422 LWW;  1448 LWW; 1564 Cr[?];  1574 LWW.

Now sort that out!!! Someone did ask!
I strongly recommend that, should any one wishes to study these figures more thoroughly, they refer to the original copy. There is more.

AAJB.
 



                   
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Hibbert 
  To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:07 AM
  Subject: [Bell Historians] Berlin, Freedom Bell


  Continuing my virtual tour of the great bells of Europe, I came across 
  a recording of the above bell linked from the GCNA website. The bell 
  was cast by G&J in 1950. CSZ's commentary includes the following:
  * Cast at 218 cwt; reduced to 190 cwt by tuning
  * An MP3 soundtrack supposedly records this bell but the pitch is 
  wrong (B-flat instead of E).

  The supposed pitch of B-flat is the secondary strike, in fact the 
  tuning figures from the recording (which includes a lot of birdsong!) 
  are as follows:
  hum: 86.7 Hz?? -2332 cents below nominal
  prime: 151.9 Hz?? -1361 cents
  tierce: 198.2 Hz -900 cents
  nominal: 333.4 Hz E+19.
  Hum and prime are rather uncertain due to the quality of the recording.

  I was interested that G&J, in 1950, would cast a bell with such a flat 
  prime. Does anyone have the actual tuning figures to see if this is 
  really so?

  Regards,

  Bill H



              
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