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**************************************************************************************************** General Generic Bell Information. **************************************************************************************************** HEAT LOSS and wasteful utility charges can be avoided on 1 out of 6 installations I have been in. Innocently an inquisitive visitor or repair person may not have tightly closed a hatch - or the elements blew one off. Pigeon droppings can be prevented. - Inspect your tower accesses if pigeon doo is found, close the access immediately. Cleaning can require masks, etc, but is best done in cold weather. I have seen a clean tower horribly messed up in a matter of a month. Tower check months are Oct/Nov. Feb. May and Aug. **************************************************************************************************** You have a bell, or bells - Nuts & Bolts stuff - the bell and the tower **************************************************************************************************** Bell Inquiries - what we need to know to give you an intelligent answer. Clean a bell - drastically different for bronze and iron bells. If you are going to climb a bell tower - These are the minimum safety and 'for the record' steps I take. Typical one bell tower - things to look for and understand. Maintenance - within your organization. Maintenance - beyond your expertise - A list of Vendors personally known by AllChimes ... - Advice, contracts, warnings, repairs, new bells, used bells, tower chimes, tower clocks, street clocks, steeple electronic carillons, handbells, parts, accessories, handbooks, handbells, music, foundry catalogs, etc. Researching / Buying / Selling / Removing a bell - a checklist of info to completely understand the bell(s) before making inquires to ANYONE. Closing a building with a bell or chime? - Historic and heartbreaking things to think about. Tone, Weight, Diameter Cross Reference chart - figure others by knowing one of these. Exhibiting - things to consider - to be added **************************************************************************************************** More General Info on Bronze or Steel bells that may interest you. **************************************************************************************************** site - Understanding various national types of bells site - a fabulous list of bell facts. Chimes overview - Bronze, Tubular, Manual, Electrified, Music, Notation - All explained. Chimolas - smaller hemispheric chimes - 7 in U.S. - more in Europe. Carillons - explanation and live video. Change ringing - explanation, live video and Peal Board. Glockenspiels - explained. Handbells - Bells rung by several people like a choir of bells, explained, live video. Tubular Bells - explained - US tubular/DUrfee/DEagan/TU and others. Out of the ordinary - 5-7 bell chimes, a steel chime, a manual westminster Clocks - Historic, Street, Architectural and more. Tower speakers - Bell music is quite perfect and melodious - not real bells. - a practical solution when real bells are not affordable. - usually have auto daily hour strikes and seasonal tunes, real consistency. **************************************************************************************************** Run into something special - We will gladly add it here. **************************************************************************************************** Bell collectors - they collect anything bell, any material - exciting hobby. Major Organs - In the five boroughs of NY City and related info. Water Powered Organs? - an interesting story. Dutch Organ Society - World-wide links for Organs, Carillons, Barrell Organs, Harmoniums, Theatre Organs, Harpsichords, Clavichords, Music writing programs and more. This site is so interesting that you might spend an hour or two on it. Stained Glass - to be added. **************************************************************************************************** More Ideas. **************************************************************************************************** Talks, presentations and local bell historical projects - Get students, historians or others to do gather info. Questionnaire - shows the info ALLCHIMES collects for new installations, updates and corrections. Reading list of books and articles on bells Movies with bell themes Postcards Newsletter - anyone with experience willing to help??? When I first started in the 1990's - I accumulated the following videotapes, mostly from chime installation towers. **************************************************************************************************** |
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