Largest bell in foundry


Autoria(s): Leicester Evening Mail
Data(s)

31/12/1969

Resumo

Collection of 53 bells cast by the J.H. Taylor Bell Foundry of Loughborough, England. Largest or Bourdon bell weighs more than 12 tons and has the pitch of E-flat below middle C. The smallest weighs 12 pounds and sounds G-sharp, four and 1/2 octaves above the Bourdon. (source: Encyclopedic Survey, p.1123)

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Identificador

http://name.umdl.umich.edu/IC-BHL-X-BL004069%5DBL004069

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Idioma(s)

UND

Publicador

Bentley Image Bank, Bentley Historical Library

Direitos

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Fonte

University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File; Bentley Historical Library (collector)

Palavras-Chave #Baird Carillon (University of Michigan); Burton Tower (University of Michigan); University of Michigan--Buildings; Bells; Foundries--Michigan--Ann Arbor
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