Maria Gloriosa

This was the largest church bell in the world when cast in 1497 by Gerard van Wou.
This bell is considered the most beautiful-sounding bell in the world!

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• Erfurt
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[Tingilyawen]

That's very deep and smooth sound. But do I also hear a slight altering of a pitch?

[campanilefreak]

The altering of pitch you may be thinking of is right after the strike, where a lot of bells alter pitch: St. Petersglocke, Maria Dolens, and Campana Concordia 2000 (very obvious alter of pitch).

[Tingilyawen]

I watched the videos on Campana Concordia and I noticed one thing: How much the sounds altered depended a lot on where the camera was recording the sound.

On the side the altering was not so great, but in front you could hear the difference: if the bell was swinging at you the pitch was higher and if it was swinging away from you it was lower. It continued even after the strikes were over.

Could it be a Doppler effect that causes it?

[campanilefreak]

I don't know if it is the Doppler effect as much as the Concordia bell being in such high elevation (with thinner air) and being in the open air as well. The Maria Dolens, which is also in the open air, produces a similar effect, yet not quite as conspicuous. But a lot of bells, even in towers, produce a minimal effect, like this, probably because it moves back and forth, carrying some of the vibrations with it. Bells that are hung dead do not produce effects like this.

[ekszertervezoe]

I will hear 'her' in about a week when its Christmas!

[Klockfantast]

That's one of the reasons of the nice sound of bells (the overtones) and the shape of the bell developed during the Middle Ages as I understand it creates that sound

[gideonbodden]

Doppler it is!

[CactusBuddy]

thanks for sharing