Lau Pa Sat Clock Tower Chime (9am)
Channel: LimaTwo
Date: 2022-11-02

Have you ever walked around Singapore's Central Business District (CBD) and heard the chime of bells at the start of each hour? Well - this is where it's coming from!

Located at the centre of the Lau Pa Sat Festival Market in Singapore is a clock tower with 23 bronze bells that play the "Westminster Quarters" tune (or more famously known as the "Big Ben Chime"). Following the tune, the large bell at the centre chimes a number of times depending on the current hour (i.e., 1 o'clock will have 1 chime, 2 o'clock will have 2 chimes, etc.)

If you happen to be inside Lau Pa Sat when the clock chimes, you can look up to see a jacquemart dressed like a coolie worker appearing to hit the bell with a hammer. Here's a video of the clock tower from the inside of Lau Pa Sat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuiWbU2LKxw
(the Westminster Quarters tune of the linked video was added on top the audio of this video to compensate for the noise reduction in the original audio)

You can read more about the history of Lau Pa Sat and its bells here:
https://devinsmithwork.medium.com/the-bells-at-lau-pa-sat-30f5c471995e

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