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Smaller bells will often only exhibit two to four partials that need tuning, simplifying the process to the point that an automated lathe can be employed during manufacture.
Smaller bells will often only exhibit two to four partials that need tuning, simplifying the process to the point that an automated lathe can be employed during manufacture.
== references ==
Andre Lehr - The Art of the Carillon in the Low Countries
John Glanville and William M. Wolmuth - Clockmaking in England and Wales in the Twentieth Century: The Industrialized Manufacture of Domestic Mechanical Clocks


== Ghost Tones ==
== Ghost Tones ==
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When the ear-brain hears combinations of high tones, we think we hear a single lower tone. For instance a combination of a Nominal with an octave-Quint sounds like a single tone lower than them both. This may explain why Big Ben sounds to most listeners like an A even though it was cast to be an E.
When the ear-brain hears combinations of high tones, we think we hear a single lower tone. For instance a combination of a Nominal with an octave-Quint sounds like a single tone lower than them both. This may explain why Big Ben sounds to most listeners like an A even though it was cast to be an E.
== references ==
Andre Lehr - The Art of the Carillon in the Low Countries
John Glanville and William M. Wolmuth - Clockmaking in England and Wales in the Twentieth Century: The Industrialized Manufacture of Domestic Mechanical Clocks


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