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You’re very welcome!

Thank YOU for listening. Glad you liked it!

Glad you enjoyed the video. I’m really sorry, but I just don’t have it in me to tackle the Wagner. Maybe someday.

The English bells are made of flat stock, about 5/16” wide and 3/32” thick. Each rod is attached to its own block, which also holds the pickup. These blocks all hang, resting on rubber grommets, from rails, so that the rods are horizontal. The end of each rod has a small hole through which a piece of cord is attached as a damper. I have long intended to make a video about the English bells as well as the Minor Tierce bells and the Chimes. Maybe someday I’ll get to it!

Yup, under copyright…

It’s here: Westminster Chime Sequence - 12:00 ua-cam.com/video/cKvqDhf5kqM/v-deo.html

Thank you very much. Same to you.

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

I posted it yesterday!

I only arrange and record music which is in the public domain, in order to avoid any copyright issues. Sorry!

@@rickruggiero7128 No worries! I understand.

I will get to that, I haven’t forgotten! Now that we’re back in ordinary time…

@rickruggiero7128 yaaaaay! What key are ya playing it in?

I don’t know…I haven’t written an arrangement of it yet!

There is no bell six.

@@rickruggiero7128 sorry. I meant to say 5.

Posted it today.

I would love to record that - but it is copyrighted so unfortunately I can’t. I like a lot of the tunes from Weston Priory!

You’re welcome! Glad it was what you wanted!

Thank you, so glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

Thank you very much!

He Leadeth Me - Schulmerich Carillon ua-cam.com/video/V-u9n8-_s8s/v-deo.html

Oh, Corey - you know you can’t give me a greater compliment than that! Thank you. It was the product of over two months’ work. I’m glad it spoke to you!

@@rickruggiero7128 I figured you had to have spent a substantial amount of time for a piece that hit such highs. I doubt they have anyone with such talent on the "inside" nowadays. There is so much potential with the instruments being sold for arrangements like this that were not possible on rolls or even early digital systems. None of Klein's complex works were reproducible on roll players. In fact, they had magnetic tape playback at that time for that reason on the Coca-Cola instrument. At the very least, it would be amazing to see you play at Stone Mountain. With a heavy heart, I recently discovered that Mabel passed in 2022. I can't think of anyone else more fitting to sit at the console and play in her footsteps.

Thanks, Corey! It’s funny, after nearly 30 years of arranging solely on a computer, I have really come to appreciate the pencil and paper - and lots of eraser - approach. I guess there is no reason a finished arrangement couldn’t be transcribed into software; I’m just usually on to the next piece once I get something recorded. I’m not sure how the assigning of bell voices would work if I were to create a MIDI file, but I’m sure you have a handle on that part of it.

​@@rickruggiero7128 I could see the creative process being easier with paper. I looked around and there may now be software that can take a scan of a score and actually digitize it, maybe save a few corrections instead of having to enter it manually. The best thing would be a MIDI stream out of your console - everything could saved without effort, especially as you continue to make more complex arrangements. The g5 file format is rudimentary as each voice has a separate MIDI channel, which would complicate large arrangements. I think most organs output note-by-note data per manual, along with stop changes.

So I suppose a multi-voiced arrangement would end up looking somewhat like a band score, with each voice having its own staff (or pair of staves). That really wouldn’t be terribly difficult to do. It would still be best to start with a straight keyboard score, and then develop the individual staves according to registration changes. Hmmm.

You’re welcome, and same to you!

@rickruggiero7128 😊😊😊😊😊

Thanks, glad you liked it!

I’ve not forgotten…just haven’t had the gumption to get into it. Plus I have wanted to focus my efforts on Christmas.

Thanks! I have it written out but cannot play it reliably enough…yet.

@rickruggiero7128 how come u can't play it yet?

I wrote an elaborate arrangement which just didn’t work. It was awkward to play. So, yesterday I wrote out a second, simpler one so I could post it as a short.

@rickruggiero7128 ahh, when ae ya gonna post it?

@@rickruggiero7128 never-ending found it.

I believe Maas-Rowe in California is still producing struck-rod electronic carillons, but you’re right in that it’s a rarity these days. You might enjoy looking at videos produced by organ builders, especially tracker-action instruments. LOTS of cool mechanics in those. Thanks for watching my channel!

Hello! Glad you have enjoyed my videos! I’m sorry, but I am unfamiliar with the model 76 series instruments. However, I can certainly record the bells you requested. I assume you mean having those three bells “swinging” simultaneously in a peal? My carillon will only allow one at a time, but I can multitrack it to get the effect. I am also very sorry to hear about the loss of your friend Father Dan, COVID certainly took a toll on many people and on many aspects of everyday life.

@ thank you so much I really appreciate it

Thank you! Glad you liked the decorations, too. I’m a big fan of vintage/antique Christmas. By the way, I think I have an arrangement of “On Jordan’s Bank” that I could record as a short. I’ll try…just very busy right now, plus I have a request for “Jingle Bells” that I promised months ago, so trying to get that in as well!

@rickruggiero7128 yeah I can tell. On Jordan's bank, in a short, would be perfect. How long is taking u to do jingle bells?

Ha! Maybe next year!

@rickruggiero7128 noooooooooooooo, I wanted this year nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

@rickruggiero7128 then what's wrong with on Jordan's bank?

I don’t think I can do that, as it would put me in direct competition with Schulmerich, which still makes carillons using samples of these same rod sounds.

Oh.... I thought they switched to digital samples? Prefer this system over digital samples. Even though they sound only vaguely like church bells the harmonic content is wonderful!! I Would you bell wiling to record it for personal use? I was also going to use them as clock chimes k@@rickruggiero7128

Wow, what a nice thing to say. It’s funny how thankfulness works. I make these recordings because I myself feel so thankful that I have this instrument. I am always delighted when someone else enjoys hearing it.

​@@rickruggiero7128 😊😊😊

Thank you! I hope yours was happy as well!

@rickruggiero7128 it was. What did u do?

I spent the day with family.

@rickruggiero7128 NICE! My ant aunt and uncle came up and we spent the day with them!!!!

You’re welcome. I’m still working on the piece, it has some tricky spots and it’s just not quite holding together yet. It’s a Christmas-related tune so I hope to have it ready before too much longer.

@rickruggiero7128 k, take ur time.

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I do have written-out (i.e. hand-scrawled) versions of everything I record. If you want it, I could email it to you if you message me via Bandcamp. I can’t promise it would be very readable, lol!

Sorry you didn’t like it. I do my best.

Sorry I’ve been out of touch lately. I am working on a very big piece, which is coming along slowly. I also have an outstanding request or two…but I will try to get to this tune if I can. Nice choice right before Thanksgiving!

@rickruggiero7128 ok.

I suspect that would be copyrighted - so can’t use it.

@rickruggiero7128 yeah, ur right, but how bout standing in the promises?

I’m glad you liked these videos! I need to edit the H-C-Q video because a former Schulmerich employee pointed out that those particular rods were not in fact bronze (although the literature at the time implied they were). They were actually steel! The Flemish rods are bronze, and no doubt the various clock-type rods were the starting point for Schulmerich and the other companies. I have intended to make videos about both the English and Minor Tierce bells, but have not done so in part because I have been unable to piece together much information about their development. I think English Bells were originally cylindrical rods with tuning weights (like the Flemish) but I am not certain. From sometime in the 1950’s onward, they became a flat strip of brass, clamped at one end, and hanging horizontally. Minor Tierce rods look very much like the H-C-Q, but the notches, tuning weights, and strike points are at different locations. Someday I will get my act together and make those remaining videos! (BTW, I don’t have Celestial Harp; the carillon this console originally controlled had them. I have never seen them, but from hearing them I suspect they might be tines of some sort. They have a timbre much more like a music box or a Rhodes piano than any of the other bell types.)

Yes, I have close to 30 mechanical clocks. Nothing terribly valuable, but I enjoy them! They keep me busy with cleaning, oiling - and winding!😂

@ can i hear it play Westminster?

Sorry, I can’t - it is still protected under copyright.

@rickruggiero7128 nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

@rickruggiero7128 how bout god of our fathers?

Thank you!