Great ANZAC Bell, Swan Bells, Perth

The Great ANZAC Bell, at Swan Bells, Perth, WA. Cast by VEEM Limited of Canning Vale to a design of Whitechapel Bell Foundry, installed by Willis Engineering of Welshpool, WA and with electronics by Clock-o-Matic of Belgium.
Electrical work and programming by Rhys Greenhalgh. Thanks to the Swan Bells Foundation and the staff and management of the Swan Bell Tower.
Principle donors - the Creasy Group, RSLWA, LotteryWest and Laith Reynolds.
May it last at least 500 years.

[@transitbusoperator991]

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[@Steven_Rowe]

A lovely bell and nice to see it had harmonic Simpson tuning.
Its a wonder Taylor's didn't cast it as they specialise in heavy bells and of course Bourdon bells.
I guess though it is significant it was cast here.

[@andrewreynolds7026]

Hi Steven - it was done to a Whitechapel design as the Swan bells were tuned and, for the extra bells, cast by Whitechapel.
I'm still trying to get a big Taylor bell swinging in Australia. Let's see.

[@Steven_Rowe]

@@andrewreynolds7026 my dad was a bell hanger for Whitechapel we came here in 1972
Dad did some jobs here
Parramatta was one and in 1986 he fitted out St Mary's Cathedral
Yes I love bourdons..seen great Paul twice.
Would love to the Olympic bell hung for ringing.
Still got to ring at the bell tower.

[@nickpodas5636]

@@andrewreynolds7026 the tower has 16 bells they came from st martin in the fields

[@Steven_Rowe]

@@nickpodas5636 I'm assuming that Andrew is Laiths son and so would be very aware of where the bells come from.
That is a lovely sounding bell,.
Some of those European bourdon's sound awful..
Such a waste the 2012 Olympic bell is just hanging at Stratford, there is one bell that ought to be hung for ringing.
It would be amazing I think.

[@CBF1]

@@Steven_Rowe What specific european bourdons do you think sound awful?

[@Suiicrib]

Also the Anzac bell s Sounds like the town hall hour bell

[@radnoll]

Thanks for the interesting photo gallery, but it's a pity that the sound recording doesn't reflect the potential of the bell optimally. The microphone was too close to the bell and the sound suffers from the hissing mallet noises and is too little profound. The low buzzing tones do not show to advantage. Conclusion: Please make another video with a better sound quality. The very originally decorated bell would certainly have deserved that.

[@AllieThePrettyGator]

That bourdon bell would have been better as an hour bell