Tintinnabulator: Word of the day
Posted by staff / January 28, 2014 bell towersclock towerPeter KuitenbrouwerWord of the day
Peter Kuitenbrouwer has a wonderful photo essay describing a Tintinnabulator in Toronto.
Toronto is home to one of only 4 bell towers of its kind in the world and one day a few weeks ago, the bells stopped ringing. Enter the Tintinnabulator, a tradesman responsible for setting things right and getting the clock and its bell working again.
The article shows the inside workings of this clock tower that every Torontonian knows, and the photos are superb. Turns out there’s no glass in the panes behind each face of the clock and the inside of the tower is open to the elements.
Great stuff for clock aficionados as well as for anyone with bell-ringing clock-towers in their city.
Full story and photos here: National Post.
Photo credit: Toronto Old City Hall – Wikicommons
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