German Steel Bells

[Bill Hibbert]

GD:

> Certainly German steel bells that I have seen have have decent 
relationships between their partials, and they have a proper profile, 
albeit continental

I have just obtained a recording of the largest of the seven steel 
bells at Neustadt an der Weinstraße. At about 14,000kg it is the second 
heaviest bell in Germany and reputedly the heaviest steel bell in the 
world. It was cast by Bochumer in 1949 and is true-harmonic. I have put 
the recording up on the net at 
http://www.hibberts.co.uk/collect2/stiftskirche_ruprecht.mp3 . I think 
it is a beauty - I hope they keep it painted.

Bill H