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...Lowell House bells were origi- nally from the Donailov Monastery in Russia. They were donated in the 1930s by an alum who wanted to save them from destruction by the communists...
...glorious bells were forged over a 200-year period, and are tuned to the Eastern six-tone scale; they were never intended to comprise a "complete" set, but rather are parts of what was at one time a continually growing range of pitches available to the Russian monks at Donailov...
FIRST, A BIT of bell history. The Lowell House bells were a gift from a former U.S. ambassador to the USSR when the house was built in 1930. They originally hung in the Donailov Monastery in Russia and were slated to be melted down into scrap metal before being saved by the philanthropic ambassador...
Certainly, those of Russian origin may feel it is culturally insensitive to silence these treasures from the Donailov Monastery. Others may insist that such an act means discarding the Eastern six-note scale in favor of the Western eight-tone scale...
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