Eijsbouts Olympic Bell

[Carl Scott Zimmerman]

The annual Christmas & New Year greeting card from Royal Eijsbouts 
highlights 12 quite varied projects completed during 2012.  One item 
is this:

"London, United Kingdom - Acting as sub-contractor to the Whitechapel 
Bell Foundry Ltd., a very large bell was cast for the opening 
ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.  The bell, having a net 
weight of twenty-three tons, was accurately tuned (eleven partials, 
strike note B) making it the tallest harmonically tuned bell in the 
world."

The accompanying photo shows the "bell ringer" holding the "bell 
rope", giving a visual impression of its size as many of us saw on TV.

Carl