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  • Thumbnail for Chime (bell instrument)
    tune chime bells to the same precision as carillon bells. Chimes are defined as specifically having fewer than 23 bells to distinguish them from the carillon...
    15 KB (1,202 words) - 04:05, 2 June 2024
  • Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion family. Their sound resembles that of church bells, carillons, or a bell tower;...
    8 KB (821 words) - 20:11, 12 May 2024
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    There are four quarter bells, which chime on the quarter hours. Big Ben is a British cultural icon. It is one of the most prominent symbols of the United...
    61 KB (6,924 words) - 13:09, 18 May 2024
  • congenital birth defects Chime (bell instrument), an array of large bells, typically housed in a tower and played from a keyboard Chimes, the sounds produced by...
    3 KB (381 words) - 23:48, 12 March 2024
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    chimes are a type of percussion instrument constructed from suspended tubes, rods, bells, or other objects that are often made of metal or wood. The tubes...
    15 KB (1,838 words) - 05:25, 2 June 2024
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    Campanology (redirect from Bell ringing)
    Veronese bell ringing is a style of ringing church bells that developed around Verona, Italy, from the eighteenth century. The bells are rung full circle...
    21 KB (3,974 words) - 23:07, 2 June 2024
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    The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, commonly referred to as The Chimes, is a novella by Charles Dickens...
    16 KB (2,016 words) - 01:13, 23 March 2024
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    sixteen bells that can be rung together, though six or eight bells are more common. The highest pitch bell is known as the treble, and the lowest is the tenor...
    52 KB (7,073 words) - 03:29, 1 April 2024
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    Striking clock (redirect from Chiming clock)
    electronically imitate the sounds of a chiming or striking clock. Other quartz striking clocks use electrical power to strike bells or gongs. Alarm clock...
    19 KB (2,707 words) - 01:12, 27 April 2024
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    whether the method was imported from England where bells are also hung for full circle ringing. Chiming is the art of ringing bells which are "hung dead"...
    9 KB (1,148 words) - 01:00, 3 June 2024
  • Quarters. "Pompey" is the nickname of the city of Portsmouth and the "Pompey Chimes" chant originated from the nearby chiming clock of Portsmouth Guildhall...
    20 KB (2,000 words) - 07:51, 5 June 2024
  • set of bells, when they are not part of a larger bell instrument such as a carillon. Bells that play clock chimes are commonly placed in bell towers and...
    4 KB (482 words) - 11:10, 9 November 2023
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    of The Old Church Bell" 1909: "When the Bloom Is On the Cotton Dixie Lee"; "When the Evening Bells Are Chiming Songs of Auld Lang Syne" 1910: "The Morning...
    5 KB (713 words) - 00:16, 12 May 2024
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    controls large parts of Somalia–ordered school bells banned as they sounded too similar to church bells. Hand claps were then used as an alternative way...
    4 KB (353 words) - 21:06, 15 April 2024
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    Mark tree (redirect from Chime tree)
    to produce rising or falling glissandos. Unlike tubular bells, another form of chime, the chimes on a mark tree do not produce definite pitches, as they...
    2 KB (282 words) - 05:57, 15 February 2024
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    Hull Minster (category Church of England church buildings in the East Riding of Yorkshire)
    a chime of 15 bells was installed which was supplemented in 2014 by 8 additional bells and 2017 by 2 further bells to bring the carillon to 25 bells. The...
    24 KB (2,069 words) - 03:34, 6 June 2024
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    house bells, most commonly as clock bells to sound the hours and quarters. Historically, bells have been associated with religious rites, and are still...
    48 KB (5,911 words) - 13:56, 3 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cornell Chimes
    The Cornell Chimes is a 21-bell chime in McGraw Tower on the central campus of Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, United States. The chime originally...
    6 KB (687 words) - 19:12, 7 May 2024
  • Whittington is usually the secondary chime selection for most chiming clocks, the first being the Westminster. It is also one of two clock chime melodies with...
    6 KB (666 words) - 19:51, 3 March 2023
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) (category Counterculture of the 1960s)
    John Phillips played guitar on the recording and session musician Gary L. Coleman played orchestra bells and chimes. Bass guitar was supplied by session...
    17 KB (1,477 words) - 19:51, 23 May 2024
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