[Bell Historians] Unusual clock chimes

[Peter Whisker]

PS: The drum chime was made by J.W. Benson of London

Peter Whisker wrote:
> The drum chime from 1893 (inaccurately "carillon") at St. Peter's 
> Church, Chertsey, Surrey plays the following four tunes:
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> "We love the place, O God (Quam dilecta)" (8am),
> "Home Sweet Home (comp. Sir Henry Bishop)" (1pm),
> "Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing (Sicilian Mariners)" (5pm) and
> "The day is past and over (St. Anatolius)" (10pm)
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> The clock (1892 Smiths Midland Steam Works Derby) is a fairly standard 
> Cambridge (Westminster) chime on the quarter.
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> Details and recordings at http://stpeterschertsey.org.uk/bells
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> Peter
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> steven_blakemore at u8-zXoGPNmIvX-vMu1Z1xyMjJFMw3eITjAkK1vWSsVIHOZCt0wKczcI-OAFImZnB_wAUYwr5qxzJOx1jVOP8hA.yahoo.invalid wrote:
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>> Saint Modwens Burton ON Trent. Also the town hall when they get it chiming right!
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>> --- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Anne Willis" <zen16073 at ...> wrote:
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>>> Don't know if the Holy Trinity Bradford would count as heavy bells for this.
>>> The 2 and 4 ting-tang the quarters and the tenor sounds the hour.
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>>> We also have a carillon which plays 'Holy, Holy, Holy'; the 'Sicilian
>>> Mariners' Hymn', 'God moves in a mysterious way', and 'Jerusalem my happy
>>> home'.  The machine and clock are both G&J, the clock being acquired from
>>> Lewis' Department store in Manchester in 1912.
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>>> Anne
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>>> From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com]
>>> On Behalf Of Mark Regan
>>> Sent: 01 November 2009 22:51
>>> To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
>>> Subject: [Bell Historians] Unusual clock chimes
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>>> I'm thinking of doing a cd of big clock bells and unusual clock chimes in
>>> the UK. Please can subscribers let me know of any clock chimes which they
>>> think worth recording?
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>>>
>>> With thank
>>>
>>> Mark
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