"Panopticon" asked in message
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"The pitch of the chime is a 'G' below middle 'C'."

I'm no musician. What note does "Big Ben" in London play?


Mr. Panopticon,

For an explanation of the pitch of the note played by "Big Ben", please see
http://www.hibberts.co.uk/strike.htm

For your convenience, an extract of the pertinent information follows:

"Big Ben has a nominal [pitch] of about 335Hz (it is doubletted) which in
musical notation is E + 27 cents. Actually, the dominant note we hear with
this bell is a secondary strike of about 440Hz, i.e. an A, based on a
partial above the octave nominal with a frequency of 883Hz"

Mark.
Auckland
New Zealand.