[78-L] Philadelphia 1917 and the Liberty Bell [FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

Howard,

Many thanks!  Learn something every day on 78-L!  So even if the rec could
be found, we'll never know what it REALLY sounded like....

Mike in Plovdiv



--- On Sat, 10/11/08, Howard Friedman <hsf318 at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Howard Friedman <hsf318 at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Philadelphia 1917 and the Liberty Bell  [FWD]
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 6:34 AM
> FYI
> 
> http://www.ushistory.org/libertybell/
> 
> There is widespread disagreement about when the first crack
> appeared on the Bell. Hair-line cracks on bells were bored
> out to prevent expansion. However, it is agreed that the
> final expansion of the crack which rendered the Bell
> unringable was on Washington's Birthday in 1846.
> 
> The Philadelphia Public Ledger takes up the story in its
> February 26, 1846 publication:
> 
>   "The old Independence Bell rang its last clear note
> on Monday last in honor of the birthday of Washington and
> now hangs in the great city steeple irreparably cracked and
> dumb. It had been cracked before but was set in order of
> that day by having the edges of the fracture filed so as not
> to vibrate against each other ... It gave out clear notes
> and loud, and appeared to be in excellent condition until
> noon, when it received a sort of compound fracture in a
> zig-zag direction through one of its sides which put it
> completely out of tune and left it a mere wreck of what it
> was."
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