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The glockenspiel with the knight figures has been playing on tape since the summer.
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The mystery of crooked tones in the carillon has been solved.
The songs come from the tape - although there was already criticism when the recording was made.
Munich – Someone must have misheard!
The chimes in the town hall may sound wrong, but it's not because the bells are currently out of tune.
The songs are currently coming off the tape!
Construction department: Munich carillon is subject to tonal fluctuations due to construction and weather conditions
The building department writes that the carillon is subject to tonal fluctuations due to construction and weather conditions.
And: Adjustments would therefore be made repeatedly.
An acoustics company is currently working on the fine-tuning.
“The work had to be suspended during the winter months.
Until it is completed, the chimes will be played via sound recording.” And this has been happening since the summer, as a spokeswoman explains when asked.
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The recording, in turn, reproduces the true-to-original sound of the glockenspiel after the sound optimization in 2007.
Spicy: Back in 2009, experts had already complained about discordant tones to our response.
“Instead of the two-line C, the C sharp bell is constantly struck - a semitone higher,” said Stefan Duschl, who plays glockenspiels, at the time.
City councilor complains about audio recording: “I would like to drink what those who voted for it had.”
And just this Wednesday, city councilors Roland Hefter and Hans-Peter Mehling denounced the upset.
Funny: The discordant sounds are not current at all, but rather from the past.
“If there’s a sound recording playing, I’d like to drink what those who tuned the bells and made the recordings had last time,” says Hefter.
“Because this drink must lead to fewer problems in life.”