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Article: Age-Old Technology for New Bells - New York Times
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- The New York Times
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- September 13, 2006
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A few steps off Broadway in Lower Manhattan is a hidden staircase leading to a dimly lighted room in which something is about to happen that used to happen regularly for 150 years before it stopped in the late 1940's. That squarish little room is about to become, once again, a gathering place for bell ringers whose idea of a great time is to pull some ropes and ring a peal.The narrow stairs lead into the tower of Trinity Church, at the head of Wall Street. With a $1 million donation from a British bell enthusiast, the church is removing a mechanical ringing system installed after World War II and putting in 12 brand-new bells that can be rung only by hand-pulled ropes dangling underneath. ...
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