restricting open ringing
  • Oliver Lee
    24
    at one of my regular towers (which I am not going to name) our tower captain has now decided to reduce open ringing thanks to complaints that the bells "are too noisy in the churchyard", this now means that we have to ring "tied " before any quarter peal attempts and as the simulator doesn't sound anything like our bells the resulting sound is very underwhelming (and just plain weird!). personally I'm pretty angry at this two years ago my father and I helped out with the tower's bell restoration project and it now seems that the sound control fitted at said restoration isn't enough, whilst there is very little I can do at the moment I am currently toying with missing the tied bell sessions and only coming along when the bells are rung "open". this is massively unfair and I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts or advice?.
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  • John Harrison
    434
    ↪Oliver Lee
    it sounds like an unfortunate situation, and maybe there are undertones that limit what can or should be done. But from the information given my thoughts are:
    1. I assume the complaints about sound in the churchyard come from people living next yo it, not from those interred there.
    2. How serious are the complaints? Was it an isolated one off moan from a one off situation or is it a real hardship in a recurring situation?
    3. Could you improve the synthetic sound, for example better speakers, different pitch or a different audio file?
    4. If you can get hold of a sound meter it would be worth measuring the sound levels at various points with and without the sound control shutters closed. 20dB difference is fairly effective.
    5. Are the shutters significantly less effective on some sides than others? If so are the closing properly, and check for a poor fit or missing seals.
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  • A M Hodge
    4
    Have you contacted the CCCBR team that advises on noise matters for their advice? They have specialists with knowledge of technical options for managing noise / sound both inside and outside towers, and also Environmental Health legislation which is what covers noise issues.

    Their contact details are on the CCCBR website here - https://cccbr.org.uk/resources/stewardship-and-management/dealing-with-complaints/
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