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

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Sure we will. It'll sound something like this...

BONG
Mal

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Mike Harkin wrote:
> 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."
>>