Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Outing to the Bell Tower


On Tuesday we took the girls to see the Perth Bell Tower near Barrick Street Jetty. We went there by ferry and had a great time viewing the bells and hearing them play.

The Swan Bell Tower is one of the largest purpose built musical instruments in the world. The Swan Bells are hung for "change ringing", meaning it is not possible to play any tunes. Each bell is rung by a person, in a sequence determined by the conductor. You only need to do the maths, to appreciate the number of ringing orders possible.

3 comments:

Dawn Stan said...

This looks like a lovely place Eli.

Paula... said...

This is amazing Eli - you do so many cool things with your grandchildren :)

Trish said...

WOW looks cool
Sounds like a great day
Trish