Click to hear Ring-a-ding-ding (8mins 46 secs)
The final piece on bells involves a visit to theCarillon on the George Cadbury Estate in Bournville, Birmingham, to meet the carillonneur – Trevor Workman.
We’re already looked at the heavy end and the light end of the bell market and a carillon is just about in the middle. At the heavy end you have to pull bells weighting up to two tonnes, and at the light end you shake something weighing a few ounces.
A carillon rings both heavy and light bells, but you get mechanical assistance to do it.
Mike:
Nice work, I loved hearing about the Carillon on the George Cadbury Estate!
Colin
Only just noticed your comment. Sorry for the delay in responding. Cadbury’s, alas, is on the way out. Bought up by Hershey, I believe. But Cadbury belong to the late 19 century tradition of responsible employers, who treated their employees with unheard-of consideration for the time – Winifred’s father (you remember her?) was their first refrigeration engineer in 1907; prior to that date Cadbury cooled their chocolate in a basement through which a stream ran, One of the Cadburies went to the netherlands and decided that he would set up a carillon on the village green, where I did the recording.
How did the house move go? Mine is now up for sale.
Mike