A FAULTY NOTE
How many, people, know that:the n©ti of Big Ben is faulty!'asks an Englisl writer. This f amout,. bell cracked soon after it was placed..:fin position, and was out' of'use 'for "some years. ' Then it was partially turned round, so that the hammer-strokes —it is;' Struck by a hammer, instead of being swung, to produce,its note —should fall on a different expanse of metal.' The result is the note which Londoners know— and* which Britons all over the world have learned to love. JJo-w, however, a proposal has been made that the bell should be taken down and recast, so that there should be a "true" note instead of the one to whirh people have grown accustomed. Fortunately, to take down the bell woald be' an expensive business, and, as these are days of economy, it is probable that this will save the Big Ben that is so well known. ' '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 87, 10 October 1933, Page 13
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152A FAULTY NOTE Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 87, 10 October 1933, Page 13
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