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tv   DW News - News  Deutsche Welle  December 3, 2017 9:00pm-9:16pm CET

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that means the bell can be lifted into daylight. two hundred years ago frederick described the following moment perfectly. now for me break up the building it's intent is felt all right that our hearts and eyes be feasting on the most successful side. swing the hama swing til the mantle springs stop. if the bell being now awoken be the frame in peace is broken.
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jaw on to me god has given see that like a golden star from its hosking so blank and even people with out the metal cool yeah. congratulations to everyone. this is a high large enough four hundred year family history. may this bell like all of the bells ring in on are of god that made also delighted listeners. the main task now is cleaning the bow.
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in particular the quality of the ornamentation his scrutinised. the pit has to be tied up to the. the brick mold has been lifted out the individual bricks will be recycled for the next bell. an important part of the ballast still missing however to complete it pater class maya and his sons and high us and gap will head over to germany to install their own school. so why do we have to drive so far to make the clap a can to be done in austria and there's no company in austria that can do it the
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company or stock has specialized in big belt that is a big clapper for this bell has to be stable and ring well so that the bout has a nice sound the clapper has to last a long time and it must not shut down for. costing a clapper is an exciting event for young and old that's why the company haas fog uses the occasion at this commission to stage an open day. the copper is made from a steel cylinder that weighs around seven hundred kilograms. the individual sections of the trap are all measured and priest and.
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after the first step the metal has cooled down too much it can't be worked anymore and has to be reheated in the furnace. the times when a hammer and anvil will use da long gone and metal working to their exact calibration of the item is still a don't face human. hands but the grunt work is done via computer assisted hydraulic press after four tens in the press and in the furnace the clapper has taken shape the ideal clapper from a bell found his point of view would be a bore attached by a thread but of course that wouldn't work as a result there is no threat instead there's a shot that says narrow is possible. but because the shaft shifts the center of gravity away from the bore there's
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a balance there at the other end of the trap and that way the center of gravity is perfectly in the bull and the trap a can ring the bell as it should. forging these exact weight requirements is an odd such a clappers real quality it's the most eight so that clubbers. even though it might not look that way the metal is so hard that a small mishap one do it any damage thank. you ok after around three and a half hours the forging work is complete the clapper can be presented in all its glory. the visitors are already impressed. but the trapper will still undergo fine tuning at the latest in line with the foundries specifications the
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trapper was forged out of a special steel with yellow lines stabilize ation that way it will be softer than the bell every time the trap a hits the bow it will be knocked back slightly thereby acting as a wearing pod nevertheless it's designed to do its job for around seventy years and ensures the bell will be able to ring on home for centuries. cutter works its way through the metal one micro meter at a time slowly the clapperboard that will strike the bell becomes a visible on the ladies thank the clapper can be handed over the quality of the steel is checked via ultrasound this material test is only done after the fine tuning since the service must be smoothed for this test. the clapper gets the all clear it can be sent to innsbruck.
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all the necessary cleaning work has been completed in the foundry the sandblasting alone took six days was the result his breath taking the largest free swinging bell in the world is ready for bucharest national cathedral of redemption. was. godless of how glorious it looks the bell needs to sound perfect to.
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the or double sound of a bell is made up of various partials that can be tested at different parts of the bow the ha many of interaction between these partials gives a bell that zanardi. the bells partials are all correct you know whether very happy everything is as calculated the bells fundamental is seen zero we're going to hang the clapper and then we'll bring about we count of the bell swinging in the foundry if it works with the clapper and it sounds nice and strong then our work will be done we'll be happy and we'll be able to sleep well tonight. the trapper has arrived in innsbruck to protect the mantle from corrosion it's being covered with
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a black vanish here in the foundry. as soon as the clapper has been attached and the bell is rung the grass my family will have completed its commission transporting the ballot to bucharest and installing it in the cathedral along with setting up the ringing technology will be done by remaining in company the bell will remain in the foundry for a few more weeks while preparations off finalized. schiller's poem ends with the words peace be the first chime she's ringing words everyone hopes will ring true for this bell to.

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