In this episode, I visit the rather unassuming St. Mary's Church in the village of Baconsthorpe to uncover a Norfolk rarity- a set of Victorian tubular tower bells. Join me as I discover how they work as well as play a few tunes!
The hammer is just being dropped on which then makes it sound cracked. Normally when a chiming bell is struck the hammer is dropped but then rests on a steel spring to prevent it resting against the bell. Also the striking point on the bell looks heavily worn so that could also be part of the problem.
Personally I think the tube walls are a shade too thick, I once made a massive Eb for the great gate of Kiev out of a scaffolding tube it was suspended horizontal by 2 trestle stands and struck with a heavy nylon hammer......God it was a glorious sound.....made a low D for danse macabre and night on bare mountain. I've examined a set in Newcastle Emlyn in Wales by Harrington. The hammer mechanics is a bit over complicated and the tubes in my opinion are too thick messing up the harmonic ratios
@@RingerJamie No video, but a preview of the sounds can be heard on my Church Bells of Norfolk website: churchbellsofnorfolk.weebly.com/felmingham-st-andrew.html
