It is that time of year again. The local city hall has changed the traditional hour chimes for Christmas music - on bells. I don't know if they have some sort of a machine that produces bell sounds that can be programmed, or if they use a recording. They certainly don't have a carillon (or even a campanile). Whatever the source, the sound is the sound of bells. Unfortunately, unless the bells have been specifically constructed for music, they produce harmonics that do not match the standard harmonic series upon which most western music is based. As a result, normal tonal songs sound terrible when played on them. It is absolutely painful...
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