Olympic opening ceremony bell

For those as intrigued as me by the ringing of a big bell at the London 2012 opening ceremony, the bell is the largest harmonically tuned bell in the WORLD!!!! 27 tons in all, making it the biggest bell in the UK, surpassing Great Paul (16 tons) in St Paul’s Cathedral.

Videos of the making and installation of the big bell can be found on the following 3 links:

  1. Part 1 – making the mould
  2. Part 2 – extracting the bell
  3. Installation