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  2. NBC chimes - Wikipedia

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    The small handheld chimes commonly used when the NBC chime sequence was being developed had only four tones: G, F, C and E. Given these limited choices, it was most likely only a coincidence that the adopted sequence matched GE's initials, and while useful as a mnemonic for remembering the notes' correct sequence, there is little evidence ...

  3. Westminster Quarters - Wikipedia

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    The Westminster Quarters, from its use at the Palace of Westminster, is a melody used by a set of four quarter bells to mark each quarter-hour. It is also known as the Westminster Chimes, Cambridge Quarters, or Cambridge Chimes, from its place of origin, the Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge.

  4. Let 'Em In - Wikipedia

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    The song starts with the sound of a V. & E. Friedland Maestro Westminster Chime doorbell, an electro-mechanical doorbell with a unique "vibrato resonating" feature, before the rhythm begins. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The lyric namechecks several famous people, between friends and relatives of McCartney who, without a justified reason, knock on the door or ...

  5. Doorbell - Wikipedia

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    Doorbell at the entrance of Chetham's Library, Manchester, England Sound of a two-tone mechanical doorbell. A doorbell is a signaling device typically placed near a door to a building's entrance. When a visitor presses a button, the bell rings inside the building, alerting the occupant to the presence of the visitor. Although the first ...

  6. How to make smart doorbells play Halloween sounds - AOL

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    Got a Vivint or Ring doorbell? Ditch the classic ding-dong chime for a Halloween-themed treat! Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

  7. Ringtone - Wikipedia

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    A "Bell Chime" was also offered, which could be set to sound like a doorbell or to ring like a standard telephone. While rings, ringers, ring signals, or what might be viewed as the call signals which are the predecessors of ringtones, date back to the beginnings of telephony, modern ringtones appeared in the 1960s and have expanded into tunes ...

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  9. Whittington chimes - Wikipedia

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    The chimes are found in many early English bracket and longcase clocks. The melody was not given the name "Whittington Chimes" on domestic clocks until the late Victorian period onwards. [citation needed] Whittington chimes found on domestic clocks are variations on the eight-bell melody, [2] and there are at least four variations of this chime ...