CARILLON BELLS
Held in Fixed Position
PLAYED BY CLAPPERS
Many persons are still under the impression that the bells of the carillon hang pendant from the steel girders, and are sounded in playing by an interior clapper striking the swaying hell. That is not the case, though such a method of bell-ringing is employed in the churches to this day. In the case of the bronze bells of the Wellington carillon the bells are held rigidly to tlie girders by bolts which pass through two holes in the top of each bell, and they are played or sounded by exterior clappers or hammers, which smite the outside of the bell. These clappers have a limited range of action, tlie space between the clapper and the bell being only a matter of two or three inches, as it stands to reason that were the amount of play for the clapper increased in accordance with tlie size of the bell, or for any other reason, precision in playing soft pieces of music could not be attained, This also accounts for the comparatively light: tone of carillon music, which demands quiet atmospheric conditions to be heard to perfection.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 145, 15 March 1932, Page 8
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195CARILLON BELLS Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 145, 15 March 1932, Page 8
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