Nothing sounds like Ebenezer Scrooge in full post-ghost attitude but church bells. Some sound like crystalline rippling, others like bellowing farm animals. I vaguely recall a Dorothy Sayers mystery ("The Nine Tailors") where a good portion of the plot revolved around bell-ringing. I was surprised to learn that there's a mathematical precision to bell-ringing patterns, or 'changes' -- almost like 12-tone serialism, where a note cannot be played twice until all other 12 notes have been played. Serialism never worked for me, but I sure do love the bells.
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