on d, w. d w's crime fighters are back that africa most successful radio drama series continues. all episodes are available online. and of course you can share and discuss on d, w, africa's facebook page, and other social media platforms, crime fighters, tune in now. ah all often hidden from view but their sound unmistakable and reaching far and wide bells ring out from church towers for centuries. they have marked the days and called the faithful to prayer. they are the summoning voice of the christian church. doctor logan, a christian sonton of bells connect heaven, and the idea to forbidden prayers are carried up to heaven by the ringing of bell

guitar and the same timing and dec labelle symbolized leon. so from above for moved from peter to quickly console. church bells are still used to summon people to worship and to give a rhythm to celebrating the liturgy. they are much more than just a fascinating instrument. yet the me, the bell is the symbol of calling. and have been called adams and of responding. ah, this high book minster rises majestically at the center of germany's southernmost city. and the peeling of its 18 bells is also well noun. court comma knows the belfry of the fiber minster like the back of his hand. he is one of the world's leading camp apologists or bel experts and architect by profession. he began

acquiring bel expertise in 1972. so to kind of on, on the phone, just to thought tune i knew nothing about bell to, to acknowledge me. so, so i went to the barb mosley library and calls rude household goods and they gave me everything available on the subject. others caprock was to get off of just a few days. i was enthralled potomac of i became crazy about bells on kept guy wife one. but all that happened to make of hard to me do me a policy. it's a for more than 40 years until his retirement caught comma, worked not only as the bell expert for the archdiocese of high book, but also for others. he is overseen the maintenance and restoration of numerous bells and bell towers. but dearest to his heart is the fiber minster and its bells, especially the oldest one called the hosanna caston, 1258 went on cups, tindy's pallid, widowhood. hosanna had issues pretty early in my career to come from to had to be

restored and taken from the tower. city knew how can be done. these things connected me to a sound and then the dismantling of the hosanna was absolutely breathtaking out to arden. perhaps excited every one in fryeburg o. d 2 smith become non on. so can we frustrate i visited the tower quite regularly? i once described it as my living room. when did of it's not with his mind what i feel at home here in the 1st moment i arrive. if you to meet us now complete when here come with 2 hours a the hosanna is over 750 years old. one of the oldest surviving bells of its size. it rings regularly on fridays at 11 in the morning to commemorate the suffering and death of jesus. and it's popularly known as the sped sla bell sped sla, our noodles traditionally eaten at lunch time in south western germany and 11 as the right time to put the water on to boil for lunch and the ringing of the hosanna

always leaves quick commerce speech. plain mm. and even better age, she's in the close of her keepers. well, if that actually can be compared to the hosanna, i used to be the who the sound is wrong, likable. his tone for fixed upon it takes several elements to make a bell ring. all are clearly visible in the hosanna, keystone. he has the lower edge of the bell and under which is called the sound. but the clock that's where the bell struck him, the sound of your juice. honda. combining all the bells tones zak. look at it. i've been in college consent to some cassettes just then not get the full. so he olden, this is me. what a new has raised and fastened very high as a counterweight to the bell. given cousin of the bell could be wrong. more easily. bob, especially in the middle ages, when the bell stripes look and silent. now there are wheels answering the comb, chemically. you are the machine, the clock,

it's wrinkling and i guns 5th because the element is done. the clover. the clapper is also very important for striking the bell, so not the right of wrought iron, which has a special quality the eisen one dish, me the eyes not only performed of equality, not validate, quality depends heavily on the quality of the clapper, a pig i bill of minster has 18 bells that were perfectly attuned by quote, comma, a few years back so that together they produce a wonderful sound that not true. this includes adopting a mix. he drew square when the 18 bells ringlets. you can feel funny news,

so somebody can almost tremble with the vibrations of the bells to got fust from baby diesel. welcome. each day bell summoned the faithful to worship in fiber minster. there's a specific bell that signals the start of the mass. the sacristy bell. ah, bells also play an important role during the catholic liturgy when the priest says the words of consecration during the mass, smaller hand bells or a gong indicate this sacred moment. and it's followed by one or more bells ringing out from the bell tower. a special moment for worshippers and pedestrians for me is that for me, it's the call of god every day. as it's a me, his cloud based is the foundation of my life and log a minus live. and i'm lucky, i live nearby the internet associate who are the q i here the bells, and it's a reminder to pray or to pause a moment to talk back to be awake,

a call to awaken love. i finished the clock when i hear the bell. i'm a believer of why i rejoice in aim. he gives me a good feeling once a day, and i also always know what time it is. wednesday clock her her as a tough. thank let her medicaid my children actually notice the hold and i do it is quite never in but i'm happy when the children respond to them. when to stand off that often they again, i've really enjoyed the sal ages. they're shown and torn, van and bells fascinate many people, but few seem to know how this extraordinary musical instrument is made. europe's oldest family own church. bell foundry as located in the town in about 90 kilometers north of frankfort. a gluck and feel welcome to visitors. thinkers have been making bells since 1590100, martin lincoln and his brother, or the 13th generation to learn the foundry. they've already cast several 1000 bells and are casting another today. you know, the bill where costing today is full,

full time in tone was offline. the mountain chapel doesn't have a bell. so we're going to make a bill for them today or witness the birth of a bell word on it. or if i'm nervous, we're always a bit tense before casting a bell goes on to religion. careful preparation is essential because if the casting is faulty, the bell has to be melted down again. in preparation for casting, the bill makers have produced a mold. this involves weeks of work. the mould consists of 3 sections. first, the inner core, which is made of bricks and several layers of loam. the outline of the bell is drawn on a wooden template called a stricken board. successive layers of loam are applied with the help of the template until they reach the inner edge of the bell. thus in, over here, this is a cross section there can it's made of a break and is coded with loan, lima. but the surplus loan is scraped off by this trickle life and then the whole thing is dried and the mold is cut out on the next line is what there shall blown

on an extremely in y'alls reserve. then the 2nd part of the mold is constructed. this is called the false bell inscriptions and ornamentation that will decorate the bell are added to its surface. these are made of wax and will melt away later. finally, an outer mantle is applied to the false bell. the 3 parts bell, cor, false bell and cope are each coated with a layer of tallow and a muddled on when the copays finished and has dried. this is lifted often disorganized the so called false fell smashing robin. then we fit the cope again and the gap is created, which is later filled with bron in for also differ is now comes the casting. firmly, brick in the earth stands the mould made of clay. that's how the poet free 3. sheila described the casting process in his song of the bell. the finished bell moles are generally buried in the earth for this procedure. the molten bronze flows through channels from a huge cast iron furnace to the molds. for smaller bells,

like the one being cast for the mountain chapel at whole time, the mold is simply placed in a steel box. the bronze is melted in a crucible, then comes the big moment. a delegation from the church has come here to witness the event. a parishioner says a prayer, a misty go mighty god, siemens, lord of heaven and earth. he guns a ship full for the whole of creation proclaims your praise listing, including with the ringing of bells, z that he for the sake of. also. i ask miss molten bryce of i direct its flowing of hula it in the walls is a clock out your spirit on all those who hear this bell and open their hearts to other people. the limits amen. bring her when we cast bells for a liturgical purpose, bells that invite people to prayer or to worship it seems appropriate to say a prayer i'm laid on. we do all we can in terms of craftsmanship, foyer, gabby,

that we handle everything humanly and technically possible. jealous about we also want god's help is dish and fulton um are we will not earlier on. let us cast in god's name and got us numb. gisela, the molten bronze flows through the pouring hole into the cavity between the core and the cope. silence is necessary to allow the foundry master to pay full attention to the gurgling of the liquid. the mould must be free of air bubbles. they were. now all that remains is to wait and see. it takes 3 days before the bell has cooled enough to be taken out of the sand. the decisive moment has come. the whole time bell has been separated from its cope and cleaned. that was the cast, successful time for the professional judgment of a camp. an ologist good karma has come to inspect the bell. bell founder thinker strikes it for the 1st time with a heavy clapper. her mood

is delighted. she uses a tuning fork to check the bells harmonics, the various talents produced by the sound bow combined to produce each bell's unique sound. his verdict is positive. i linger the my acoustic analysis confirms the impression created by the clapper, because i thought of one the phone well to, to harmonics of very nicely structured. i would wind up from the strike know to the tears in the quint, simply wonderful. i was in all sector cuz you didn't you long and we're also happy with this casting minded. and now we just hoped that the people of huff heim will be happy when the bell is mounted on their mountain chapel, yet where it will hopefully remain for century older. on the halting road, not far from the inca bell foundry, is guy finch. dine castle since 2012. it has been home to gluck and felt a museum housing, the most important collection of bells in germany,

where you can explore the history of the bell could come. i helped set up the museum. his dedication and knowledge has won him the ironic nickname of bell pope, but he prefers and nickname he received at a camp analogy conference. the declares on his thomas chuck sucked lung that then the french minister of culture on a famous left distant i gave his opening address of the conference haunt, had, precludes. the greeted me, wouldn't. and then leafed through his book, but couldn't find my name upon find an arm. and so he said, i welcome must you have been them the sunday i found that so touching, i actually much prefer that name to make me feel people good karma has published several books on the cultural history of the bell to this day. the church bell is the acoustic symbol of christianity, but why? the origins of the bell are in fact much older than the christian religion. the

oldest extent bells come from china, and around 4 and a half to 5000 years old. the bill advanced from asia along the established trade routes. eventually it reached israel via the silk road. dis, you wouldn't all mortal to f system to sir. judaism was the 1st religion to adopt the bell officially onto my list of hebrew scriptures record the practice of hanging 12, small bells on the hem of the high priests. rog and it's, for they symbolized the mystical connection between heaven. enough for being dull, did swell was a number you couldn't count on the 10 fingers of your hand, susman sickness. i didn't say it was a symbol of the incomprehensible does not truest sense of the word because a flicker historical documents reveal that the bell soon became a symbol of mystical truth in christianity as well. the theological understanding of the birth death and resurrection of jesus. itinerant monks from ireland brought this tradition to continental europe,

where church bells became wide spread around the year 600. they were used by monasteries and installed in church towers as close to heaven as possible. if loca had, with my early christian period, the bows out the task of connecting heaven and earth to for being. so, it is called a faithful to pray, get ones like a ticket and he carries our prayers up to heaven life. and also brings and arms or from above, it says pinion by proclaiming the gospel message from on high devoted for the hidden reader. when albany vomited her, this is how the church bell became christianity's acoustic symbol. a function it fulfills to this day, bells summoned the faithful to prayer and to worship, and they divide the day into periods. they fulfill this important role in monasteries in downtown cologne, a bustling western german city, a community of nuns follow the traditional rule of saint benedict. the sound of the bell establishes the rhythm of their daily life. sister, a manuel, a cool hoss has been the prior arrest in charge of the convent for 12 years. she

explains the place bells have in monastic life. when the actual study of miss a life is much more influenced by bells the most people in the home, we also have a lot as surprisingly many as i discovered, which they are all. but i'll show you some of them found out this is our dining room side, which we call the refectory tour. we own that. we take our meals here. and we asian silence like, and i, niemen, we sit facing each other as we do in church and kick off to one. 0, and this a bell here too. when he threw it in yet my for, you know, the bell signals the start of meal time in unsung and is the smallest handbell we use as it is forbidden. and then she that's when the sisters line up to say grace sybil. oh going involve

turn often. so oh, when we can native and there's another peculiarity we discovered bassier it's diesel. this is what we call the temp a cod. perhaps it refers to the temper bell twice a week in august and i don't know what that name means. exactly, from plant i assume it comes from the french latan on time, and the sisters can be summoned individually. each sister has a specific signal that one to 10 than i, than one pause to, et cetera. i'd be happy to show you how it works. so i'll call sister sada maria obama. yeah. deaths for so it can be heard in every corner of the house of that from the attic to the seller offices on that. and that's been our system for calling somebody in

this big house before there were any cell phones in the nuns follow the rule of saint benedict, whose motto was aura at la bora, pray, and work sister clara arts has been a nun for 25 years. she's been living in cologne since 2017. growing and processing herbs is her passion and her main work for me is to take a me to the rules and benedict. the balance is between were compress. it is very important. we have on all we need silence or prayer and rest were but we also need human contact. this does that. it will benedictine life means for me. and for us sister clara has been making teas, ointments, and even room spray for about 4 years. now. most of the herbs come from her own monastery garden. her fellow sisters enjoy the benefits of her home remedies, some of which are also sold at the monastery gate. when the bell rings for prayer,

the no, no, she has just 10 minutes to tidy up. and i'm fun hobby's at the beginning, i found it very difficult. what it as i wanted to finish something would or i wanted to continue reading a book away, but now i think says no, it's good dentist. you recharge your batteries in prayer is, could be then you can keep going of fights looking on them and you get new insides system and isn't so not so obsess of as was it can be good to focus on the side of it was focus. he had suicide obviously, but it's also good to let go. so lawson, the bell is wrung again shortly before prayer time. sister rafael is the bell ringer to day. she 1st has an electric bell. bella handbell is wrong in the cloisters. finally the large bell in the church tower rings out the tower bell is still operated by hand.

by pulling on a rope. the nuns follow the bells call several times a day. there's a total of 7 prayer times each day, plus daily mass. the bell is the nuns, constant companion structuring every day. prayer. the sisters line up in the cloisters, when the prior, his sister, a manuela gifts, the sign they enter the church together. prayer can then begin. the scala sings a gregorian chant. oh, mister, do when you leave with as many bills as we do here, it becomes routine after a while. only when i think about it, do i ask myself what it actually means old and thicker? full of i think it has wealth of meaninglessness. first of all,

i think calling is an important aspect of our lives. yes, when we talk about a religious calling dog, we believe that god has called us to walk on this path and to live in this way. and somehow, the ringing of the bell symbolizes this feeling of being cold, and of responding that sadly, bending, ah, back to frankfort churches. and their bell towers are an integral part of european towns and villages. they characterize the cityscape and their ringing off and drowns out the noise of every day life. however, in the lutheran church of the 3 kings in frankfort, a mind, the bells are currently silent. the church tower and the belfry are undergoing extensive repairs. the specialized knowledge of a camp and ologist is once again required. could cromer comes to the construction site architect and site manager my quinn, lie and bout hold up from the construction company pair. whole. tell him about the

progress so much today. we'd like to discuss how the work in the belfry should proceed. and so d cloquet from tacoma, we can ring bell 5 today. he saw vale 4 is also ready order. next we want to lower bell 3 and it's yolk with the pulley block. it's on to and then swap the yard from talk dis york on towson. and then i think we should take a look at bill 3 i from and helen girl. they take the elevator to the 14th floor, which leads to the belfry. there are a total of 5 bells, the fitters carefully lower bell, number 3, with a pulley block. it's been hanging on a steel yoke which needs to be replaced. the new yoke is made of oak because wooden yolks improved the sound of a bell. in guns, the whole point of this work is to replace the old steel yokes of because they make the sound very hard and you don't want that. the wooden yolks have a softening effect, so they damp in the sound

a bit. i did that will definitely improve the ringing on dirt languages, eden fox, renal them. one of the bells is already mounted on its new. would me yoke here, caught comma has to check whether everything is fitted correctly and above all, whether the bell sounds good. a bell will ring again for the 1st time since the church tower renovation began 2 years ago. oh, it has a very nice sound man. clap ogden clipper forum, but still needs a little time before work properly with la. yes, the leather is brand new. okay. okay. we can start ringing on that item. well, they are. oh, do clapper still has to settle, innovate, put comma is otherwise satisfied. then there's another important topic on their agenda. could comma and my quinn lie,

discuss how to optimize the volume up the bell. sound louvers are attached to bell tower windows for this purpose, and they guide the sound of the bells out of the belfry. when the tower was being repaired, the old louvers proved to be faulty. as a sound louvers at the fav thought this vague, i mean, in terms of sound technology, the shall on the sound arrives here in charlie and was directed to straight downwards by these louvre expedited that means as directed at the neighboring houses. boards are being attached to the back of the louvre to reduce the pressure of sound. the neighbourhood should be shielded from noise pollution and it will improve the sound when the repairs are done. the bells can again play their role in the tradition of frankfort spells on high church holidays. all the bells, a friend for its 10 inner city churches, ring one after the other. an attraction that draws large crowds re montoya clothed, eustace can you walk through. it's quite an experience of the church,

of the 3 kings in particular, the reason important contribution to my life because it's on the other side of the river and on july goose, when it's a very important link between the individual churches, it's printed leads, vision. i think the people of frankfort will be really happy when the bells of 3 kings find me ring again in here who typhoon scotia in to see the light. the sound of the church bell is often lost in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. yet with its call to prayer and reflection, the bell has been connecting heaven and earth for centuries. even melania, you might say, the ringing of bells is an eternal fascination. trend of it, i'm firmly convinced that the bell has a few china sequence tub. it has a rich heart, i can also inspire the future, could help me to believe in cotton as it gives us one horse during the day. hark for prayer to our bye for work. so for reflection dimension with no, it helps many people to be calm, reflect on the meaning of miss been tito. plus,

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