In Villedieu-les-Poêles (Manche)
How to recreate the sound of vanished bells?
It took several work sessions for specialists from the Cornille Havard foundry, in Villedieu-les-Poêles, in Normandy, to find the three tones that once echoed each other at the top of the tower of the Notre-Dame-de-l convent. 'Time in Mosul.
“Each bell corresponds to a precise note, which depends on the diameter and its relation to the thickness. To measure the note, we used an electronic spectrum analyzer, and the tuner chose where and how deep the metal should be removed
,” explains Paul Bergamo, director of Cornille Havard, in front of the troop who came to attend the unveiling. three new bells.
Difficult for the audience to grasp all the technical nuances to manage to make 270 kg of copper and tin sing.
But the main thing, that afternoon, is elsewhere.
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Placed on the ground, engraved with the motto of the Dominican order (“Veritas”), the three bells…
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