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Uploaded by on Apr 26, 2008

The big one, in full swing. It was MUCH louder in person...thought I might go deaf...

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  • Wer einmal die Gelegenheit hat, diesem imposanten Schauspiel vor Ort beizuwohnen, wird fasziniert und verwundert zugleich sein. Habe nahezu 20 Jahre sehnlichst darauf gewartet, endlich eimal diesen erhebenden Moment mitzuerleben.

  • Wow...I actually never realized this bell being sounded was so unusual...I happened to be lucky to be there I see...

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  • Hm, ok but only the clapper of the World Peace Bell seems to swing. The bell hardly moves!

  • they might mean the world largest free swinging church bell

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  • @Wijnmuseum The bells clapper is counterweighted at the top to help facilitate it. It is also considered a canting bell as the yoke is more U Shaped. The sound of this bell seems much better to me...

  • i know the name of this bell st peters bell it was the largest church bell in the world!

  • I was in Cologne when the last pope died and they rang the bells. Apparently an extremely rare event so quite moving to experience something like that.

  • Obviously the bell moves enough to be considered a swinging bell and not a clocked bell (where the clapper moves and the bell in 100% stationary).

  • i agree with you. the bell like twitches a few inches. the clapper just does the job more than the bell

  • Largest free-swinging bell in the world! It was the largest swinging bell on earth period until the World Peace Bell in 2000, and then the Gotenba City bell in 2006.

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