Geoffrey Armitage

Geoffrey Armitage - Autor: CARILLON-BERLIN.de
Geoffrey Armitage - Autor: CARILLON-BERLIN.de

Geoffrey Armitage, born in 1943 in Northengland, was given a four-year-grant when he was eight and a half years old to sing in the choir of the cathedral of Durham. At the age of 15 he began to practice English change ringing. He went to university and was awarded diplomas in music and technology and design and technology. He studied clock tower horology including the installation, repair, and maintenance of ringing bells and carillons. He founded the firm of Armitage Clock & Belfry Work Ltd, joined the British Carillon Society, studied the carillon, taught himself how to play them and renovated the instruments in London and Armagh, Northern Ireland. He edited the newsletter of the British Carillon Society and is its delegate in the World Committee of the World Carillon Federation. He has also been the secretary of the European carillon organisation „Eurocarillon“ since since it was founded in 1994. He gives regular lectures in German, English, and French on carillons and bells and their use as well as on tower clocks not only in Britain but also in France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain.

Lectures on Sunday, May 27

Musical Instruments Museum Berlin, Curt-Sachs-Hall

11 a.m. - The History and Present Day Practice of Bellcasting and Tuning

- How a bell is cast – moulds, composition of bell-metal, casting temperature, etc.

- The shape of a bell, how it developed through the centuries and how it affects the sound of the bell.

- Bell tuning: history, method and how it affects the sound of the bell and the carillon.

1 p.m. - Carillon Construction and Maintenance

- What is a carillon? The components and how they are assembled.

- How it is played: clavier, transmission, and possibilities available to the performer (number of bells playable simultaneously, use of dynamics).

- Electro-mechanical alternatives and their advantages and disadvantages.

- Importance of maintenance: adjustment and lubrication of moving parts.

CARILLON BERLIN

www.carillon-berlin.de (27-05-2012)

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