Yes- it's the hour bell of the faceless clock. It's too low to be used in music for the carillon - no one else has such a big bell, so there's no reason to write for it. BTW: How could 2 men push 41,000 lb of anything! It rings either by a hammer on the outside or by a mechanical swing motor. The pitch is, IIRC, a high-pitch C based on A=450-something. Not A-440, that's for sure. I say all this because I've not only visited the tower, I met the carillonneur. Nice guy, BTW.
Isn't it D(flat)0 instead of C0? (comparing the tone with the C0-tone of the Petersbell in Cologne/Germany, it's a D(flat)0. Frightning but beautiful sound though!
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Yes- it's the hour bell of the faceless clock. It's too low to be used in music for the carillon - no one else has such a big bell, so there's no reason to write for it.
BTW: How could 2 men push 41,000 lb of anything! It rings either by a hammer on the outside or by a mechanical swing motor.
The pitch is, IIRC, a high-pitch C based on A=450-something. Not A-440, that's for sure.
I say all this because I've not only visited the tower, I met the carillonneur. Nice guy, BTW.
Isn't it D(flat)0 instead of C0? (comparing the tone with the C0-tone of the Petersbell in Cologne/Germany, it's a D(flat)0. Frightning but beautiful sound though!