Obviously, Richmond, if the bell is tolling, it is not tolling for thee. It seems that $6000 will pay the electrical bill for that amplifier to be left turned on for a long time.
Peter UCLA On Aug 17, 2014, at 2:11 PM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 18/08/14 00:06, Dr. Hawkins wrote: >> I just about choked over the price: my church is gearing up to pay $6,500 >> for a church bell system (and that's because we *already* have the speakers >> from the old system). >> >> I'm scratching my head to figure out why this isn't a matter of a near >> trivial app on a dedicated ipod and an amplifier. THe hardest part would >> be turning an amplifier on . . . >> >> Does anyone know of such a thing, or an open source project for one? >> >> All it really needs to do is send a signal to turn on an amplifier and play >> sound on schedule, be able to choose the sounds to play on the schedules, >> and be able to play tunes on command (Eastern Catholic & Orthodox play the >> bells during the Anaphora [Consecration]). >> >> Does anyone know about the existence of such a thing, or how much one would >> cost to commission? >> >> >> > > That's odd; all the churches I know they have somebody who rings the bells. > > By that I mean 'bells' as in 'bells' not fake bells. > > Richmond. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode