[Bell Historians] Big bells was Riverside bass bell

[David Cawley]

Thank goodness for a return to sanity (though Alan Taylor's version of the W.A.T. expression is the correct one) :)

No doubt there's a lot in what George says about microphones. I cannot believe that the Japanese would pay out for what sounds like a right old bucket. The French bell at Newport I've heard digitally recorded, and it's reasonable for what it is - very much like a large version of the Savoyarde (1892) at the Sacre-Coeur. It also clappers right which the Dutch bell apears not to. The best thing about the Japanese bell is the audience enthusiasm!

For untuned bells, give me Great Paul any day. A credit to its founders as much now as when it was first cast.

DLC


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: George Dawson 
  To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 9:16 AM
  Subject: [Bell Historians] Big bells was Riverside bass bell





  The recent Eijsbouts bell in Japan - looks untuned to me:



  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9urKCqrzUGM



  Peace Bell at Newport Kentucky (Cast by Paccard):



  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI6Ll_QH9u0



  Both sound disappointing to my ears! Using Bill Hibberts Tuner - both seem to have fairly wild harmonics!







  I rather suspect the sound you hear reflects the microphone rather than the bell!

  G



              
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