CARILLION BELLS
SHAPELY CAMPANILE,
WELLINGTON’S WAR MEMORIAL
The contract for the erection of the Carillon Campanile in Wellington is now so far advanced that workmen may be expected to be oil the job within a couple of months. The 49 bells which make up the Carillon are now being transferred from the old power house in Mercer Street to the base of the campanile. The removal of the bells is no light task, as the largest of them approximate five tons m weight. The bells are expected to be in position in time for the opening on Anzac Day (April 25th.). ' The departure from England of Mr. Clifford Ball, of the famous English firm of Cadbury Bros., Ltd., the earilloneur to the Bournville Carillon, and of Mrs. Ball, is timed to allow them to reach Wellington when the bells are ready and hung. At the last meeting of the Carillon Society mention was made of broadcasting the music from the tower. This will not be such an easy matter as it appears. Carillon music is ‘ ‘ air-borne and cannot very well be concentrated into a given space as with a pianoforte or orchestra. It would not be satisfactory to place one or more microphones within the tower, as the vibration from tone of metal under percussion would be such as to render the microphone useless, and a mere jangle of confused sound would result. Carillon music is best heard below the tower and within 100 yards of its base in calm weather. Those who still believe that the bells will-.be heard all over the city will be disappointed. The radius of the sound vibrations given off by the bells is restricted. For example, in strong gusty northerly weather, it will be difficult to hear the music even from Buckle Street, whilst it will be audible in marked modulation from the fiat ground in front of the Wellington Technical College. In a light southerly the music should register clearly over Te Aro Flat, perhaps as far away as Vivian Street, though even at that distance the smallest bells of the register may only be heard faintly if at all.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 25 January 1932, Page 3
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357CARILLION BELLS Wairarapa Daily Times, 25 January 1932, Page 3
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