More on that another day.A collection of bell tower sound effects with ringing of bells from churches or buildings with hourly ringing, tocsin, glas and Angelus.
Willis’ comment about not getting any information about it from 311 had a familiar ring we’ve heard from several other readers lately with similar complaints. “Can you find out what is going on? My attempts over the 311 phone system have provided a Kafkaesque morning, in a phone-line hell kind of way.” “We love hearing them and believe they add something beautiful to our urban sound environment. “I live downtown and it has come to my attention that the bells have been silent for a month or so,” said Willis. People take notice when the bells stop ringing, including Garnet Willis, who sent us a note saying he hasn’t heard them in a while. When they peel on a fog-shrouded day, it is not hard to envision Sir Winston Churchill emerging from the mist, or maybe Jack the Ripper. The bells mark the hour and half-hour with a gong so deep and resonant you can feel it in your bones, and ring in the quarter-hour with a chime less ominous in tone. One of Toronto’s most distinctive sounds is the chiming of the bells from the massive clock tower at Old City Hall, a replica of London’s Big Ben built in 1900 and one of the world’s largest time pieces. Ask not for whom the bell tolls at Old City Hall.
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