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Church Bells CH
The strike notes and ringing sounds of Swiss church bells:
The aim is to create a complementary inventory and preserve this cultural asset.
Digital sound recordings allow analyses of the condition and the comparison of church bells. They also serve as a basis for this type of musical compositions created from ringing sounds and/or strike notes collages.
The cultural asset:
Applied campanology, increasing and
imparting knowledge.
Extracts (German):
The legendary "Lötscher" Bell dated 1483, at CH-3822 Lauterbrunnen BE.
The carillonneur Pius Wasmer
and the peal of a church at
CH-3993 Grengiols VS.
The Carillonneur
at Grengiols Church
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Pius Wasmer
Notation
cipher notation
Origin of the bells
technical data
Dream Journey with church bell sound
The "Lötscher" Bell
of Lauterbrunnen
Strike Note Sound Analysis
The Bell Founders
of Reckingen VS
The Bell Foundry
Aarau since 1397
Aria
"Wetterlücke"