| This is a great image of what happens
when we ring a bell "full circle". We start with the bell
mouth up and pull on the fluffy bit (sallie) for what we call the
"hand stroke". After the bell rotates almost 360 degrees
we pull on the end of the rope to accomplish the "tail stroke".
The clapper actually hits the leading edge of the bell just before it
becomes vertical and then rests on that edge. On larger bells it can
take about two seconds between strikes of the bell. |
