Word: clapper
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...brothers began to notice, during the days that followed, that he was playing in a new way-with an invisible companion he called Manuel. And when it came to getting into trouble, two heads seemed to be better than one. Rags on the bell clapper, goats in the chapel, lizards in the vegetable dish-there seemed to be no end to the boy's devilment. One day Brother Cookie determined to put an end to it. "See that staircase," he told Marcelino. "You must never go up it. Never! If The Big Man up there sees...
...great 13-ton bell hangs above a large platform. To play it, two men put a rope around a knob at the end of the clapper. Standing under the bell, they swing it crosswise between them. This sets the time for the whole performance...
Peter B. Boyce '58, William D. Chapple '58, John E. Craig 2d '56, Douglas B. Fitchen '57, Hubert E. Hocutt '57, Richard C. Johnson '58, Michael H. Clapper '58, John C. Livingston '56, Andrew V. Nikitine '58, William P. Pierskalla '56, Douglas C. Runnels '58, Steven J. Schneider '56 (captain), David F. Silbert '58, Arthur R. Steinberg '58, Mitchell Thomas '58, Cliff F. Thompson '56, Daniel J. Gillis '57 (manager). Major 'H' in Minor Sports Colors to Craig, Livingston, Pierskalla, Schneider, and Gillis...
...hand-bell looks like an ordinary bell, but its clapper is covered with leather to produce a smoother tone. The ringer holds the bell by a stiff leather thong, which Taylor compared to a baseball...
HOWARD MAYER BROWN '51, teaching fellow in Music and Lowell House tutor, will beat out the rhythm of the bells on a weekly basis. Brown plays the bells without aid of written music, but has two husky helpers to swing the clapper of the big bell...