Word: clappers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Interim Rabbi Eric Clapper says he does not think the community was divided over the issue...
...think the community has made a decision to live within Orthodox law," Clapper says. "Both sides have made compromises but neither have sacrificed principles...
...April 13--Good Friday, as it happened--the original pin that held the clapper in place severed, putting the bell out of commission for two-and-a-half weeks. After that event, which Memorial Church officials say was completely unexpected, Scott Haywood of Harvard Real Estate brought the bell to the Engineering Sciences Laboratory to have a new pin cast from milled steel...
...Additional weight ended up being added to the clapper," said Cloutier-Diflo, explaining that the change might have contributed to the second collapse...
...bronze bell was cast for Memorial Church by the Taylor Bell foundry in 1926, and has been in daily use ever since despite some occasional problems. According to Cloutier-Diflo, 15-20 years ago, the clapper swung out of the belfry while the bell was ringing and landed on the steps of Widener Library, directly across the Yard. No injuries were reported, she said...