Westminster Chimes - Church Bells

[NativePrairieWolf]

Most of these church "bells" are cheap electronic systems, especially in a wooden clapboard structure which would not support the tons of weight worth of bells.

[bellababy420]

how do you no that thrs a speaker

[spikebythesea]

@bellababy420 You can see them in real life. You can't see them in this video, though.

[monus782]

Sounds EXACTLY like the cathedral bells in St Patrick's cathedral in El Paso, which like most churches nowadays they aren't real.

[MendotaTech]

I remember, In most Catholic Churches you have a machine that has two sides to the whole operation. The time mechanism on these things are electronic, not analog... The other side is a box that produces a faint clang that is then amplified as a bell tone through the bullhorn. All bell music after the time toll (other than the bells that go off fifteen minutes before mass) is usually played on cassette tape.

[channing28270]

What is the name of this Church?

[redsoxguy18]

haha i love how it goes off right when he says "fifteen seconds"

[fireblaze82]

my church :st. giovanni bosco has sirens that do the same hour ring

[ArutsuroTomohisa]

we have the same sound in Brooklyn College

[alextilson]

Nothing like the westminster chime, they are out of key, lack depth of sound, typical americans everything fake.

[ruxtondrive]

@alextilson Typical british-trash Nuke the fucking place.

[ruxtondrive]

@alextilson Typical british-trash Nuke the fucking place. england sucks and most likely you do too, fag.and I dont mean a smoke.

[Zepthire]

@ruxtondrive Says the idiotic american who's only way of coping with something he doesn't like is nuking it. As the guy said this one is really quite out of key.

[swaabbysgirl]

lol, theres a westmenister in south carolina. the apple festevle there is amazing. and the west-oak strings plays those chimes at the "string scream" at "bo on main."

[AVALONFANINVA]

wow

[boo3081]

this is my fav type of theme. This one reminds me of when I was a child & I always hear it everyday. I miss it already. Again, thx 4 posting it up. ^^

[JulKaaK]

@boo3081 I like this theme too.

[spikebythesea]

@tornadosirens100 Yes :)

[zonurvideos]

nice...its electronic bell because...its same music on my grandma's home..she had a clock and that was giving same rhythm :)

[traceyrmj2]

they think it is a minnesotian siren.

[Magicking788]

Wow rly nice :)

[augpeh]

Then what are the 12 o'clock chimes?

[velvetbc]

old religions always borrowed and copied from previous older religions, church bell is borrowed from Buddhist gongs, watch this clip "Buddhist Temple Gong hit" here on youtube, you will see how it reminds you of church bells, even Islamic minarets are a copy of some Buddhist gong towers next to the temple, all these 3 are used to call to prayers or meditation sessions

[frsdonahue]

Nothing worse than fake bells.

[rogiet3]

Good church bell item on the Caldicot Benefice church website

[miamibeach1791]

that's really pretty.

[johncas1]

Nice watch

are those real bells or a siren or recording

[spikebythesea]

There is a speaker at the top of the bell tower so I would say that the bells are electronic. :)

[Magicking788]

Ooo well i had me fooled because I was wondering how there was a bell sound coming from up there since I didnt see a bell lol and I'm only 16

[MendotaTech]

Not so, there is a machine usually located behind the altar. That machine keeps track of the time and day. You are right that the time and day settings are electronic. However, When the hour strikes, there is a seperate panel that contains moving parts. If you ever find that machine before mass, normally, you can hear a clinking sound only to hear that it has been amplified thus giving it's bell like sound.

[augpeh]

@spikebythesea So is the speaker in the 'empty belfry' or right at the top above the cross?

[Xerox6085I]

@johncas1 This is a Maas-Rowe digital Chronobell. It uses real metal bronze cut, bent and shaped to certain pitches for the Westminster and other toll bell sounds. The "little bells" as they are called are amplified with pick-ups much like that of a tape recorder head and fed into an amplifier so they can be heard outside via the tower loudspeakers.

[TheYellowTaxi]

cool, sounds just like the ones here in Red Wing, MN

[Cheesetubes]

The Guildford Chimes are much nicer - that's only used in 4 other towers. The Westminster chimes are used in doorbells all over the world.

[irkibby]

I count five towers with Guildford Quarters.

But I am an incredible bell nerd.

[Cheesetubes]

Yep, I made a mistake. When I wrote it I must have been thinking funny, which is why I said others.

5 towers with it in, one of them being a carillon, in Bournville.

[irkibby]

Bournville indeed!

I thought there was 4 until i went Bournville and heard them there too. I have also heard Walesby but it was ages ago and I dont remember them.

[thefroghunter20]

The Westminster chime are also used in 8-day, key-wind clocks.

[crona10]

Adebayor, Adebayor, give him the ball, and he will score

[Jimmyhendrick2]

Love the Westminster chimes. I used to have a talking alarm clock that did that.

[musicfuse]

it's called Westminster Quarters though

[6V92TA]

are these electronic? or actual dong bells?

[thecompanycar]

We have the same exact (Maas-Rowe) chimes at the school I go to. The clock tower happens to by right next to my dorm so needless to say, I don't get to sleep in much.

[samanli1]

sounds like a ding dong doorbell

[CircusofPython]

A lot of things use the Westminister Chime. Clocks, Church bells, Japanese schools, doorbells, etc.

[bethatonegirl]

Is that a catholic church?

[spikebythesea]

Yes, it is.

[moparmonster1965]

My RCC doesn't even have bells, how sad.

[circadude182]

Awesome video, I love those chimes

[Creole333]

The Westminster chime is my favorite chime of all! Thanks for posting!

[br000ly]

the sound is nott as good as a real bell

[Audinos]

Those are Maas-Rowe electronic bells. Their tone is (still!) generated by small bronze rods that are struck by solenoids and amplified by magnetic pickups. IMHO, the worst sounding of electronic bells. All other systems now rely on either digital samples or CD/hard drive recordings.

[thecompanycar]

We use Maas-Rowe chimes exactly like these at my school and ours are actually done by CD. I'd have to say that these sound better than most electronic chimes that I've heard.

[samanli1]

So they are not real bells

[lostnyc2]

I just bought a Howard Miller Thomas Tompion mantle clock on ebay after searching a while for the best sound in a clock this size. The fact this model is 18"x14"x 8-1/2" deep helps, the rods are longer and this has decent quality sound from what I've listened to on-line, new they are $900 clocks, I got mine for $295

[lostnyc2]

Here's the url to a sample mp3, you'll have to fix the munged syntax, full urls wont post;

clocksnmore DOT com/midi/westminster DOT mp3

The 4th note has a peculiar sound to it like it's out of tune or struck too hard, but the chime tubes sound very bell-like and clear.

[lostnyc2]

Well even the real Big Ben in the UK doesn't sound that good either, and Big Ben is CRACKED too. But a lot of chime actions on home clocks also strike very unevenly.One of the best home clock chimes I've heard yet is on brass tubular chimes found on BIG grandfather clocks. I have an url for ya, but alimit here in post length.

[lostnyc2]

If one can get past all the noise the "bells" actually sound very harmonic and in tune, with a nice resonance many real bells and especially home clocks lack- many of the latter have an uneven, buzzy raspy out of tune Westminster chime sound. Of course the real Big Ben bell is CRACKED, so it has a wierd buzzing noise distortion.

[bagpiper2005]

Well, "home" clocks, I will admit, do tend to have that type of uneven buzzy sound sometimes. This problem is usually with smaller mantle clocks, they use very small chime rods that are very high-pitched and produce almost no resonance.

Bigger clocks tend to sound better, and in all honesty those "bells" don't sound bad, but they still aren't the real thing.

[lostnyc2]

Yes, electronic pseudo bells, real ones don't change tunes at different hours!

Sounded ok except all the NOISE, you should try video taping at like 10 PM or something when the traffic is GONE.

[Notashooby]

Hi Spike, Thats where I went to school, Our Lady Star of the Sea. Thank you for a quick look at my Youth.

[YTLoser]

oh nice ! thanks ! Reminds me of when I lived in the North East as a kid :)

[bagpiper2005]

Kinda had a feeling they were...they don't even sound like real bells.

[spikebythesea]

Yes, they are electronic bells. :)

[bagpiper2005]

I'm guessing those are electronic bells?