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Tune Played by Seeburg Mortuary Organ Chimes
By Bill Luecht

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


(Message sent Wed 12 Jan 2005, 18:44:21 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

Key Words in Subject:  Chimes, Mortuary, Organ, Played, Seeburg, Tune

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