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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Bell cast for the London 2012 Olympics</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bradley_Wiggins_2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bradley_Wiggins_2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony.jpg/220px-Bradley_Wiggins_2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bradley_Wiggins_2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony.jpg/330px-Bradley_Wiggins_2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bradley_Wiggins_2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony.jpg/440px-Bradley_Wiggins_2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3446" data-file-height="2411" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Wiggins" title="Bradley Wiggins">Bradley Wiggins</a> began the 2012 opening ceremony by ringing the Olympic Bell.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the bell cast for the 2012 London Olympics. For bell cast for the 1936 Belin Olympics, see <a href="/wiki/Bell_Tower_of_Berlin_Olympic_Stadium" title="Bell Tower of Berlin Olympic Stadium">Bell Tower of Berlin Olympic Stadium</a>.</div> <p>The <b>Olympic Bell</b> was commissioned and cast for the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 London Olympic Games</a>, and is the largest harmonically tuned bell in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-WBF_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cast in <a href="/wiki/Bronze" title="Bronze">bronze</a> <a href="/wiki/Bell_metal" title="Bell metal">bell metal</a>, it is 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high with a diameter of 3.34 metres (10 ft 11 in), and weighs 22 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> 18 cwt 3 qr 13 lb (51,393 lb or 23.311 t).<sup id="cite_ref-WBF_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DT_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bell is now displayed in the Olympic Park. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Making_the_bell">Making the bell</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Olympic_Bell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Making the bell"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:21%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"Bells ring out the changes of our days. They call us to wake, to pray, to work, to arms, to feast and, in times of crisis, to come together. Almost everyone in Britain lives within a <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England_parish_church" title="Church of England parish church">sonic parish</a>. Anyone born within hearing of the Bells of <a href="/wiki/St_Mary-le-Bow" title="St Mary-le-Bow">St Mary-le-Bow</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cheapside" title="Cheapside">Cheapside</a>, London, has the right to call themselves '<a href="/wiki/Cockney" title="Cockney">cockney</a>' ... Above all, bells are the sound of freedom and peace. Throughout World War II all of Britain's bell towers were stilled, to be rung only in case of emergency. They hung in dusty silence until the day came when they could ring in the peace." </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Opening ceremony programme, page 13.</cite></div> </div> <p>In September 2011 the <a href="/wiki/Whitechapel_Bell_Foundry" title="Whitechapel Bell Foundry">Whitechapel Bell Foundry</a>, a few miles from the <a href="/wiki/London_Stadium" title="London Stadium">London Stadium</a> (which hosted the track and field elements of the games, as well as the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony" title="2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony">Olympic Opening Ceremony</a>), was commissioned to make the bell.<sup id="cite_ref-WBF_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Foundry completed its design, profile, lettering and tuning. However, it was no longer able to cast such a large bell (its furnace capacity is 8 long tons (8.1 tonnes), as the large <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian era</a> bells had gone out of fashion), and so subcontracted casting to <a href="/wiki/Royal_Eijsbouts" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Eijsbouts">Royal Eijsbouts</a> of the Netherlands.<sup id="cite_ref-DT_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was some controversy over using a non-British firm, as <a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_%26_Co" title="John Taylor & Co">Taylor's Bell Foundry</a> in Loughborough had also tendered to cast the bell.<sup id="cite_ref-DT_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hammer mechanism and hanging framework were made by other firms and twenty companies in three countries were eventually involved with its production. The bell was installed and tested in the stadium at midnight on 1 June 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-WBF_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was designed to be as large as possible but needed to fit through the athletes’ tunnel; when it arrived there were only a few inches to spare.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The bell is the second heaviest in Europe, after <a href="/wiki/Petersglocke" title="Petersglocke">Petersglocke</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral" title="Cologne Cathedral">Cologne Cathedral</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the largest harmonically tuned bell in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its main note (in <a href="/wiki/Campanology" title="Campanology">campanology</a>, its <a href="/wiki/Strike_tone" title="Strike tone">'hum tone'</a>) is <a href="/wiki/B_(musical_note)" title="B (musical note)">B</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WBF_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lndnr_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lndnr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The bell is inscribed with "London 2012" and a line from <a href="/wiki/Caliban" title="Caliban">Caliban</a>'s speech in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tempest" title="The Tempest">The Tempest</a></i>: "Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises",<sup id="cite_ref-Magnay_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Magnay-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which featured in the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony" title="2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony">Olympics opening ceremony</a> spoken by <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a>. The other side bears the legend "Whitechapel" and the Foundry's coat of arms.<sup id="cite_ref-WBF_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ringing_the_bell">Ringing the bell</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Olympic_Bell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ringing the bell"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Olympic_Bell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Olympic_Bell.jpg/220px-Olympic_Bell.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="391" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Olympic_Bell.jpg/330px-Olympic_Bell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Olympic_Bell.jpg/440px-Olympic_Bell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2250" data-file-height="4001" /></a><figcaption>The bell in its current location, at the <a href="/wiki/London_Stadium" title="London Stadium">London Stadium</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Olympic_Park" title="Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park">Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Wiggins" title="Bradley Wiggins">Bradley Wiggins</a>, who had won the <a href="/wiki/2012_Tour_de_France" title="2012 Tour de France">Tour de France</a> five days earlier, opened the ceremony by 'ringing' the bell. This was symbolic as the hammer was actually moved mechanically: one journalist noted "He may be a superhuman athlete but even Bradley Wiggins isn’t capable of setting the Olympic Bell’s monumental half-ton clapper in motion by hand!"<sup id="cite_ref-Lndnr_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lndnr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bell was also rung later in the ceremony, including just before <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a>'s performance of "<a href="/wiki/Hey_Jude" title="Hey Jude">Hey Jude</a>". McCartney blamed his faltering start on the unexpected loud sound of the bell, as he had forgotten it was going to be rung.<sup id="cite_ref-NME_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NME-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The bell also featured in music within the ceremony, such as in "<a href="/wiki/And_I_Will_Kiss" title="And I Will Kiss">And I Will Kiss</a>". The bell was recorded at night, in the rain during rehearsals; sound engineers had to ask for work to stop for half an hour to successfully record it.<sup id="cite_ref-SOS_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The bell hung in the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony. It was then moved to make way for the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_and_Paralympics_cauldron" title="2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron">Olympic cauldron</a>, and stored in the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Olympic_Park" title="Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park">Olympic Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LOPW_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LOPW-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Olympic Park re-opened in July 2013, and in May 2016 the bell was returned and reinstalled on a supporting structure just outside the Olympic Stadium. The Olympic opening ceremony programme pledged that after 200 years the bell would return to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry for retuning,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the foundry closed in 2017. </p><p>The bell is not currently rung due to concerns that doing so would disturb nearby residents,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it possibly the largest ornamental bell in the world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Olympic_Bell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Tower_of_Berlin_Olympic_Stadium" title="Bell Tower of Berlin Olympic Stadium">Olympic Bell for the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Olympic_Bell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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