Darrow School - Shaker Post Yearbook (New Lebanon, NY)

 - Class of 1936

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1936 The Peg Board Courtesy of The Merreely Bell Company Our School Bell By NATHANIEL EDWARD GRIFFIN, '37 hortly after the fire of February 6, 1875, on which day the old Shaker dwelling house of the Church Family burned down, the Shakers started a new building on the same site. This is our present school building. The Shakers realized that they needed a bell to go with so fine a building, and on February 27, 1875, their business manager, Edward Fowler, purchased the bell which we use today. He bought it from Meneely and Kimberly, whose foundry was and still is situated at 22 River Street, Troy, N. Y., although the Firm is now known as the Meneely Bell Company! Even though this five-hundred-and-eight pound bell is cursed by the entire student body every morning when it calls them out ofbed, it is a very fine bell. It has a clear, piercing tone which can be heard for a distance of over three miles. The chief reason why the tone of this bell is so pure is that it is made out of an alloy called bell metal, the tone qualities of which have been proved over a period of many centuries. This alloy, which is better for its purpose than gold or silver, the metals that the early bell makers considered best, is composed ofseventy-eight per cent copper, and twenty-two per cent tin. Another reason is that this bell is equipped with steel springs, mounted inside, which push the steel hammer away after it has struck the bell and prevent any disagreeable jarring sound. The third reason is that it was beautifully cast. ltifhad been cast with any blemishes, the fault would have shown up during the past sixty odd years ofits constant 1. In Anna White and Leila S. Taylor's Shalcerism Its Meaning and Message it is stated on p. 211 that the manufacturers presented the bell to the Shakers. This is evidently a mistake, for the writer of this article has visited Troy and seen a. record of payment for the bell. This record was shown him by Mr. Meneely, the present head of the company. 47

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The Peg Board 1936 L X M . lx -ASQ SOUTH END OF MAIN DVVELLING HOUSE 46



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The Peg Board 1936 service. The word ball is related to the Anglo-Saxon bellan, which meant lo roar or bellow, but our bell has such a lovely tone that this meaning of the word does not apply. Its pitch is that of Middle C, or 256 vibrations per second. Although the price for the bell would now be 32.50 a pound Cestimated on the price of a ten- pound bellj the Shakers paid only 3.35 a pound. The total cost of the bell, including the charge for mounting-a very complicated maneuver-, was 521180. One can easily picture the appearance of our bell from the accompanying cut. Ours is exactly the same except for an inscription, WE PRAISE THEE, O GOD. Another thing which is not visible is the rotary mounting -a special feature of the bells cast by this company. While interviewing Mr. Meneely, we found that his company had had a very interesting career, of which any bell foundry would be proud. The highest bells in the world were cast by Edward L. Kehn who has been working for this foundry since 1888 and is still going strong. His bells have gone to both poles of the earth. One rests on the restored frigate, Con.vlilu!ion, commonly known as Old Ironsidesf' Also the old Liberty Bell which was cracked while being used as a Fire alarm, was replaced by one from this foundry. v .- .. 2 - THE MEETING HOUSE AS IT USED TO BE The Meeting House By VVINTHROP B. COFFIN, '36 HE OLD Shaker Meeting House, erected in 1824, is one of the most noteworthy buildings in this community. It was designed by Moses Johnson, who, before he joined the Shakers, had been a builder residing in Enfield, Connecticut. It stands on the site of the original Shaker Church, which was moved to make room for it. The entire job of building it was done only by Shakers. It rests upon massive foundation walls and supporting piers of stone cut from the neighboring hills. In the northwest corner, however, the piers are supplemented by heavy wooden posts set 48

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