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Show St. Patrick's Chimes. The chimes of St. Patrick's cathedral. cathe-dral. New York, are rung by eorn-prtssed eorn-prtssed air.. Nineteen bells arc-in -the hpire. hc heaviest weighs SAW) pounds, th1 lightest r.Ot'i pounds. The keyboard. of the chimes is in the sacristy. sac-risty. The operator prestos a key cor-rtfpuonding cor-rtfpuonding to a b?H ir. the spire. This establishes ' an' electric . connection, which opens a valve in the steeple, conducting 'comprt .ssed air to a pistott with a. chipper that rtriUes the" bell. Electricity is the trigger aud eoui- i . . pressed air the motive power of playing play-ing the chimes. St. Patrick's Was the first church to adopt the new system. |