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During a memorial service yesterday, a steel pin holding the bell's 300-pound clapper in place broke for the second time this year, rendering the regular computer-operated ringing mechanism inoperable, said Marie Cloutier-Diflo, administrative assistant for Memorial Church...
...officials will likely resort to old-fashioned human labor to make the bell sound its traditional tones at the memorial ceremony for the Class of '40 tomorrow and Commencement ceremonies Thursday. "Someone will go up to the belfry and hit it with a mallet to make some sound," Cloutier-Diflo said...
...Cloutier-Diflo said the bell broke at 9:30 a.m. yesterday during memorial services for the Class of '55. She added that the problem was likely the aftermath of a previous mechanical breakdown this spring...
...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...