Dave Clark was right, I think, that the four notes of his chime
mechanism were the E-D-C-G of the Westminster chimes. In fact, if you
take the notes in the order that he listed: 1 2 3 4 2 2&1 2 4 3
and move the last 3 notes to the beginning, and let 1=G (lowest note),
2=C, 3=D and 4=E, then you have
2 4 3 1 2 3 4 2 2&1, or
C E D G C D E C G&C
which is the first 8 notes of the Westminster melody, plus a strike
(for the hour?) at the end.
For sound clips of famous chimes visit
http://www.clocksnmore.com/clock_chimes.asp
Bill Luecht
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