[Bell Historians] The ongoing evolution of Dove online

[Peter Whisker]

Hi

Regarding drum chimes (erroneoneously sometimes called carillons). 
Malcolm Loveday (Chertsey) and his colleague Chris MacKie who lives in 
Dorset are a mine of information on these as well as turret clocks - 
Chris has written a number of books on the subject. Malcolm was on the 
committee which investigated the catastrophic failure of the "Big Ben" 
turret clock in August 1976 and was party to the design of the braking 
mechanism to prevent another runaway (designed as all the best British 
inventions literally on the back of an envelope on the train from Waterloo).

We have a 1892 flat-bed Smiths of Derby clock and an 1893 drum chime at 
Chertsey.

Regards

Peter

On 04/07/2020 15:47, Carl S Zimmerman wrote:
> This morning's email brought to me the Latest News from the Central 
> Council, one item of which was a report on the progress and plans for 
> improvements to Dove online.  Undoubtedly most of you have seen that 
> as well.  It occurred to me that while the present Dove online 
> incorporates much campanological information that was not in the 
> original version (frames, crown removals, chiming bells, etc.), there 
> is potentially much more that could be included.
>
> Furthermore, the subscribers to this mail-list might well be able to 
> suggest useful additions to Dove that might not occur to some of the 
> folks who are directly involved with the improvement process.  And 
> this "down time" through which we are all living provides a window of 
> opportunity (which the Dove team are already putting to good use) for 
> us to sit back and think about things in a way for which we ordinarily 
> might not have time.
>
> Personally, I would like to see more information in the general 
> category of "additional mechanisms."  That could include clocks 
> (turret? electrical? other?), with identification of the bell(s) on 
> which they strike as well as what they strike -- hour only? quarters? 
> ting-tang or Cambridge (Westminster) or other? (Turret clock 
> enthusiasts want to know!)  It could include tune-playing equipment -- 
> Ellacombe rack? electric hammers? drum? (fixed or programmable), baton 
> keyboard? other?
>
> What else would you like to see included in the next generation of 
> Dove?  Or what improvements can you envision in what is already there 
> in embryonic form?
>
> Carl Scott Zimmerman, Campanologist
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