[Bell Historians] Adjustable louvers

[Laura Dickerson]

Jim asked:
 >>What happens at St. Mary le Bow, St. Clement Danes and Trinity Church 
Wall Street when the electricity button is pressed to operate the sound 
control<<

    I don't know about electricity buttons, but the *original* sound 
control plan at Trinity was that garage doors would go down inside the 
louvers.  It's my impression that it was very expensive to get doors the 
right size, and they had very little effect on the sound outside, to the 
extent that after the inaugural ringing with the special band, the 
neighbors were very upset and local ringing was postponed until 
something else could be done about the decibel level.  Ringer Greg 
Russell came up with an alternative plan that made the sound of the 
bells very soft outside, but I don't remember how that was done.  Wood 
was involved, though, not alterations on the metal doors.

Laura Dickerson


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