Aw shucks, thanks cnd,

Also about pitch, the bells in the clock mechanism don't all sound to me to be perfect pitch. Technically, it would be a fiddly task to make then all exactly correct, I imagine.

Another trick I have been using to tune my ear into the clock tunes while ignoring the tinkly sea of sound is to look at each of the hammers as they hit the bells so that I can focus on the pattern of the melody.

I have to admit, Tune # 6 is proving to be a challenge. The slow pre-cleaning tune is not available, and the tune is fairly lively. I'm going to have a go this morning at trying to work out the tune notation.

I am also thinking that I've been lucky in my assumption that some of the tunes came from the Aird book. Maybe I won't be so lucky with Tune # 6.