Westminster Chimes - Church Bells

I've been trying to capture these Westminster Chimes for awhile.

The 12 o'clock chimes are not the Westminster Chimes. That's why I captured the 11 o'clock chimes.

I liked how there is a break in the traffic noise as the chimes go off.

Inparticular, I like the gong sound. :)

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• church
• bell
• bells
• chime
• chimes
• westminster
• gong
• electric

[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.

[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. :)

[bethatonegirl]

Is that a catholic church?

[spikebythesea]

Yes, it is.

[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.

[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

[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.