On Sun, 16 Oct 2016 19:21:40 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:
In message , Norman Wells
writes:

Anyway, do people listen to church bells because of the joy of a
live
performance and the thrill of slight nuances in the third tenor or
whatever it may be called?

They see it as part of "village life", or some similar concept.
While in
practice many of them would not in fact be able to tell whether it
was
real or a recording (if good quality and coming from the belfry),
most
of them would be seriously cross if they discovered that the latter
_was_ the case.

A recording of church bells would probably feature nasty distortion
like ice cream vans cranked up to maximum volume.

--
Max Demian