apparently, local ghent people sometimes forgot to count the bongs on the hour because they weren't concentrating enough. so they invented a little pre-tune to warn people that the main bongs were coming and they should stop and count.
of course they could have just looked up at the clock !
Guesssing from it's proximity to a Belgian church,
I'd say it was a carillon mechanism.
Harry
well done !
although it wasn't in the church.
apparently, local ghent people sometimes forgot to count the bongs on the hour because they weren't concentrating enough. so they invented a little pre-tune to warn people that the main bongs were coming and they should stop and count.
of course they could have just looked up at the clock !
wow. How cool. Thanks for that bit of info!