So, several weeks later, after the IT Seminar, when we finally had the time, Terry, Pat, Hung, Phuong, Phi and I set out on Saturday morning motorbikes to discover a bronze foundry village in Hu?… Read the rest
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Finishing at bell at the foundry
The bell will be cast, in one continuous casting with Buddhist monks saying prayers after which the bell will cool and need to be cleaned up and buffed. They won?t know how it sounds until it is finished.… Read the rest
Phi and Hung read the bell
Hung and Phi read the dedication of a bell. It was cast for a temple in the south of Vi?t Nam. This foundry makes bells for temples all around Vi?t Nam and around the world.… Read the rest
Bells at the foundry
The foundry had some beautiful bells, but too big to hang in my grove of hemlocks at my home in Storrs, Connecticut. I was looking for something in the range of 8 to 10 kilograms with a pure, clean tone.… Read the rest
Dragons support the bell
The dragon on this one was particularly fine. Dragons, which live in the heavens, always hold up the bell.… Read the rest
My bell
I decided that we should return to the shop we had passed on our first bicycle outing and see what they had. The store had a few bells to choose from. It was quite interesting how differently each sounded.… Read the rest