bell ringers of barga

http://www.barganews.com/2009/12/08/doppio-dellimmacolata-the-bells-the-bells/

The traditional religious festival of the Immaculate Conception, held every year on the eighth of December would not be complete in Barga without the sound of the bells in the Duomo ringing out over the city for one solid hour the so called Doppio dellImmacolata and last night was no exception.

From nine oclock until the stroke of 10 oclock the three huge bells at the top of the Duomo tower were kept in motion by a team of bell ringers the Campanari of Barga.

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[Smartism]

This is hilarious. Though it seems way more awesome and serene *outside* of the building, with this sound faintly in the distance, when I'm not looking at the bell ringers with their arms crossed waiting for their turn to damage everyone's hearing. On that note, no ear protection?!

[barganews]

everybody (including the photographer) was wearing wear protection - ear plugs that fit almost unseen inside the ears.... hey, Smartism ... they ring those bells for one hour straight .. no way could you survive that kind of noise level without them

[Smartism]

Knowing that, makes me admittedly cringe less watching it. :)

[barganews]

something else .... the photographer put a strip of electrical tape over the microphone on the video camera in an attempt to block out some of the noise that was without it overpowering the tiny mike. It is still heavily distorted but at least at low volume we can listen to the general sound that was being produced by these huge bells

[Smartism]

Funny you say that since I've enjoyed doing pro audio engineering in the past. The often square, clipping / distorted waveforms for such gear was my clue how loud this really must have been. Interesting how everyone tried to deal with it. Probably would have to hard case (or tape around) a very large polyurethane foam mic cover to give enough distance between outer surface and the mic. Otherwise, everything but higher frequencies still travel largely unmuted. Very hilarious circumstances...

[filofranki]

...in front of the Pacific Ocean listening to the sound of my Tuscan home town!

Grazie Mr Keane

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