EUROPE COLLECTION
REEL 80 [DAT 37]
Wensleydale, England May 30/75
1-2. PRESTON MILL (cont'd from Reel 79)
[ID 3 6:52]
3. wide iron pasture gate (two subtakes).
[ID 4 8:38]
4. wooden house gate, with nice creek (3 subtakes).
[ID 5 9:23]
5. large metal driveway gate (6 subtakes).
[ID 6 12:46]
6. wide iron field gate.
[ID 7 13:15]
7. wide wooden field gate (2 subtakes).
[ID 8 14:35]
8. wide wooden pasture gate.
May 31/75
[ID 9 15:51]
9. Wide metal gate at highway (3 subtakes).
mark * 2nd subtake is of diesel train passing. [16:48]
[ID 10 19:19]
10. wide wooden gate.
[ID 11 20:47]
11. wide wooden farmyard gates (2 subtakes).
[ID 12 22:37]
12. 2 wooden gates (5 subtakes).
York, England
13. NOON BELL ("Big Peter"), York Minster Cathedral
mark * beginning of bells. [32:10]
[ID 14 37:55]
14. long test tone
Photo 225, Photo 228, Photo 226
[ID 15 38:18]15. RAINDALE MILL / WATERDRIVEN CORN MILL, inside: log wheels at horizontal drive shaft and main beam connection point.
mark * by the millstones. [43:21]
(cont'd on Reel 81)
COMMENTARY
3-12. Gate noises. A wide variety of metallic and wooden gates. Often the gate itself is quite silent, only the latch is heard opening and shutting. All examples are clear - the ambient level in each case is very low.
13. Ambience before and after bell rings is extremely quiet: bird ambience, no traffic. The last few attacks are noticeably softer, and at half the normal tempo, as the clapper hits only one side of the bell.
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