Txij li thaum tsawg kawg yog xyoo pua 18th nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws Amelikas, lub tsev kawm ntawv tswb tau coj cov menyuam kawm ntawv thoob plaws hauv lawv lub sijhawm, thiab keeb kwm thiab nco txog cov khoom qub qub tseem nyiam cov neeg sau. Thaum nrhiav lub tsev kawm ntawv qub tswb tswb yuav siv sij hawm, kev siv zog, thiab nyiaj txiag, lub tswb nrov muab cov neeg mloog tsis tshua muaj caij nyoog los ntsib yav dhau los ntawm lub suab.
Ringing in History
Tswb tau ntau txhiab xyoo los ceeb toom rau cov neeg tua hluav taws lossis dej nyab, cov neeg tuag, thiab lom zem rau cov neeg mloog thaum hnub so. Lub tsev kawm ntawv tswb tau yog ib feem ntawm American soundscape rau ntau pua xyoo.
- Thaum 18th thiab 19th US cov tsev kawm ntawv feem ntau muaj nyob hauv tsev ntiav, tsev kawm qib siab, tsev kawm qib siab, thiab tsev kawm ntawv nce qib muaj ntau tus menyuam kawm ntawv hauv lawv lub tsev kawm ntawv thiab siv tswb ceeb toom rau cov menyuam kawm ntawv txog zaub mov, kev pabcuam hauv tsev teev ntuj, thiab sijhawm kawm.
- Nyob rau thaj chaw nyob deb nroog, tsev kawm ntawv tswb kuj tseem siv tau los tshaj tawm txog kev tuag ntawm ib tus neeg hauv zos los ntawm kev hu ib zaug rau txhua xyoo ntawm lawv lub neej.
- Ib chav tsev kawm ntawv tau zoo nyob rau xyoo 19th thiab ua haujlwm rau ntau thaj chaw nyob deb nroog lossis thaj chaw sib cais, thiab lub tswb raug suav hais tias yog lub cim xwm txheej, nrog rau lub ntsej muag.
- Muaj ntau dua 190,000 lub tsev kawm ntawv nyob deb nroog hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas xyoo 1919, thiab ntau lub tswb nrov hu cov tub ntxhais kawm rau hauv chav kawm.
lub tsev kawm ntawv tswb feem ntau nyob nruab nrab ntawm 60 txog 100+ xyoo, ua rau lawv cov khoom qub raws li qee txoj cai se.
Parts of School House Tswb
Tswb yog cov cuab yeej hollow uas tau suab los ntawm kev tawm tsam. Thaum lub tswb tuaj yeem xav tias muaj ntau cov duab, los ntawm lub khob rau lub tog raj kheej, feem ntau pom tau tias lub tswb nrov hauv tsev kawm ntawv yog ib qho uas dav dua hauv qab dua li saum toj. Qee cov kws tshaj lij tau hais tias qhov no yog ua kom tiav qee lub suab, tab sis nws yuav yog ntau txog kev lig kev cai ntau dua li kev tshawb fawb. Tswb muaj ob peb yam tseem ceeb.
- Tais, uas yog qhov dav tshaj plaws ntawm lub tswb "daim tiab"
- Lub duav, lossis ntu nqaim saum lub tiab
- Dab, lossis hauv qab ntug ntawm lub tswb
- Qhov ncauj, lossis qhib puag; tswb ntsuas yog txoj kab uas hla ntawm lub qhov ncauj
- Lub xub pwg, nqaim, sab sauv ntawm lub tswb
- Clapper, ntu viav vias uas ntaus lub tswb
- Log, nyob rau sab thiab tso cai rau lub tswb viav vias
- Daim tiab, ciam teb uas qee lub tswb nrov muaj ntawv sau
- Sawv, sab caj npab thiab rail uas tuav lub tswb
- Frame, ntoo lossis hlau puag txhawb
- Reeds, molded rings rau sab nraum lub tswb uas tau siv los txheeb xyuas lub foundry
Tswb raug nrum hlau, hlau, tooj dag, lossis tsawg dua, tooj liab. Feem ntau lub tsev kawm ntawv tswb tsis yog tooj liab vim yog tus nqi tsim khoom ntawm tooj liab.
Tswb Loj Manufacturers
Tswb casting thiab kev tsim khoom hauv Tebchaws Meskas tau ua los ntawm cov tuam txhab loj thiab me, thiab muaj ntau lub tuam txhab uas tam sim no tsis nco qab lawm. Foundries nyiam ua txhua yam los ntawm cannons mus rau qhov cub, tab sis tswb tau siv cov txuj ci tshwj xeeb los tsim. Lawv raug cam khwb cia nyob rau hauv ib lub pwm los tsim ib lub suab tshwj xeeb, thiab tom qab ntawd hauv av ntawm lub tshuab dhos mus txuas ntxiv cov txheej txheem tuning. Tsev kawm ntawv lub tswb nrov tau tshaj tawm rau kev muag khoom hauv cov ntawv xov xwm xws li American School Board Journal lossis The School Journal. Ob peb ntawm cov nrhiav tom qab tswb muaj xws li:
- Paul Revere yog ib tug kws tshuab nyiaj thiab tsim lub tswb, thiab qee qhov ntawm lawv tseem tuaj yeem hnov thiab suav tias yog cov khoom muaj nqis hauv tebchaws.
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Charles S. Tswb tau pib lub chaw tsim khoom hauv nws lub npe, C. S. Tswb Company, thaum xyoo 1860s hauv Ohio, qhov chaw nws tsim khoom siv ua liaj ua teb, tshuab, thiab tswb. Lub tuam txhab vam meej, thiab ntau txhiab lub tswb hauv ib xyoos tau tsim los siv rau hauv cov liaj teb thiab hauv tsev kawm ntawv. Tswb tau muag nws cov khoom siv hlau rau cov tuam txhab xws li Sears & Roebuck, tab sis xa cov tswb nrov ntawm nws lub Hoobkas.
- Meneely Tswb Foundry, West Troy, NY tau tsim muaj xyoo 1826 thiab ua tsev kawm tswb ntawm 100 lbs. thiab mus.
- Buckeye Tswb Foundry los yog E. W. Vanduzen Tswb Company tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 1860 nyob ze Cincinnati, OH. Lawv tsim ntau tshaj 60,000 lub tsev kawm ntawv thiab lub tsev teev ntuj tswb thaum ntxov xyoo pua 20th. Qee yam ntawm lawv cov khoom lag luam suav nrog lub nkoj thiab nkoj lub tswb, tsev so thiab lub tswb nrov.
- Henry Stuckstede Tswb Foundry tau tsim muaj nyob rau hauv 1855, nyob rau hauv St. Louis, MO, thiab tsim tswb raws li lig li 1933.
- McShane Tswb Foundry, B altimore, MD tau tshaj tawm hauv Tsev Kawm Ntawv Xov Xwm txhawb nqa nws "tsev kawm ntawv, tsev kawm qib siab thiab tsev kawm ntawv tswb" ntawm cov tin thiab tooj liab.
Mloog qee lub tswb nrov ntawm Brosamer's Bells, Inc.
Ib tus sau ntawm Lub Koom Haum American Tswb sau tseg tias qee lub tswb nrov tau cim lawv lub tswb, thaum lwm tus paub tsuas yog los ntawm cov ntawv luam tawm, xws li ntawv xov xwm thiab phau ntawv xov xwm. Ntxiv rau qhov tsis meej pem yog cov foundries ua tswb thaum lwm cov lag luam ua tus neeg sawv cev thiab tseem muaj lwm tus tau xaj tswb nrog lawv lub tuam txhab npe tab sis tsis tsim lub tswb. Muaj ntau pua lub chaw tsim khoom hauv Asmeskas, thiab cov ntaub ntawv ntawm lawv tuaj yeem tsis txaus.
Txhim kho kom muaj nuj nqis thiab kev txheeb xyuas
Lub tsev kawm ntawv lub tswb feem ntau hnyav dua li lub tswb nrov. Ib qho thaum ntxov Sears & Roebuck Company catalog teev cov tswb nrov ntawm 35 thiab 90 phaus, hais tias "txhua qhov ua liaj ua teb, tsis hais ntau npaum li cas, yuav tsum muaj lub tswb zoo" nrog "lub suab nrov uas tuaj yeem hnov tau ntev." Sears tsev kawm ntawv cov rooj tog catalogs teev qhov hnyav ntawm tsev kawm ntawv tswb ntawm 165 lbs. thiab 1275 lbs. Tswb nyob rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv tau txawv ntawm lawv lub suab thiab meej txawm tias cov tsev kawm ntawv kuj coj mus rau hauv tus account qhov sib txawv ntawm lub tswb thiab yuav nqi npaum li cas lub tswb los ntawm lub foundry mus rau lub tsev kawm ntawv.
- Lub tsev kawm ntawv lub tswb tuaj yeem raug muag nrog lub thav duab, lub log thiab cov ntoo: cov tswb tau muab tso rau hauv lub rafters sab saud ntawm lub belfry lossis attic, thiab txoj hlua khiav mus txog lub tswb, thiab ncig lub log. Lawv feem ntau yog 20 "mus rau 28" hla lub qhov ncauj thiab tau hais kom suab siab dua lub tswb nrov hauv tsev teev ntuj kom tsis txhob cuam tshuam cov neeg hnov.
- Nrhiav cov cim ntawm lub tswb, uas tuaj yeem yog cov chaw tsim khoom lossis lub khw muag khoom lub cim. Koj tuaj yeem pom ntau daim duab thiab tswb cim rau cov qhab nia ntawm cov tuam txhab ntawm Tower Bells lub vev xaib.
- Raws li tus kws kho mob hauv chaw pw hav zoov thiab tus kws sau ntawv Neil Goeppinger, lub tswb nrov thaum ntxov tau siv cov reeds los yog cov hniav zoo nkauj ntawm lub tswb txhawm rau txheeb xyuas lawv cov khoom.
- Sears muag tswb tsim nyob rau hauv nruab nrab Ohio (tej zaum CS Tswb), uas tau paub txog lawv "nrov, meej, puag ncig, thiab lub suab qab zib" thiab cov nqi ntawm $ 13 txog $ 103 ntxiv rau cov nqi thauj khoom. Raws li ib tug neeg muag khoom, Sears tsis tas yuav credit qhov tseeb nrhiav, yog li Sears trademark tsis txhais hais tias lub tsev kawm ntawv tswb yog tsim los ntawm Sears.
- Saib qhov mob (tsis muaj kab nrib pleb lossis kho) thiab thov kom hnov lub tswb, vim lub suab sib txawv heev yog tias muaj kev puas tsuaj.
- Nug seb lub tswb yog "liab liab qab" (tsuas yog lub tswb), zoo li, nyob rau hauv kev ua haujlwm tab sis tsis tau mounted, los yog nyob rau hauv tag nrho rov qab thiab mounted mob. Cov kev sib txawv no txhais tau tias qhov sib txawv loj ntawm cov nqi.
- Lub tswb loj yuav cuam tshuam rau nws lub suab: lub tswb me me yuav muaj lub suab siab dua, lub suab nrov dua, thaum lub tswb nrov dua muaj suab nrov dua.
- Tswb tswb tsis tu ncua. Lawv tuaj yeem ua npub, lossis ci, nyob ntawm cov hlau. Lawv tuaj yeem pleev xim rau xim dub. Cov ntawv molded tej zaum yuav plooj thiab tsis yooj yim rau kev nyeem lossis meej thiab nkig. Muaj ntau yam luam tawm hauv khw, yog li siv sijhawm los saib cov tswb qub ua ntej koj yuav thiab cob qhia koj ob lub qhov muag thiab pob ntseg kom pom thiab hnov zoo.
- Yog tias mus ncig, nres los ntawm Backyard School Tswb Collection hauv Angier, NC kom pom (thiab sim tawm) ntau hom tswb tsev kawm ntawv.
Nqe thiab Nrhiav Tswb
Tswb xav tau kev kho tshwj xeeb, tu, khaws cia, thiab thaum kawg, kev thauj mus los. Lawv kuj tseem kim, tshwj xeeb yog tias koj xav tau lub tswb uas yog antique (100+ xyoo) thiab ua haujlwm.
- Brosamer's Tswb, Inc. tshwj xeeb hauv cov tswb nrov qub, suav nrog tsev kawm ntawv tswb. Tus nqi pib ib ncig ntawm $2,000 (ntxiv rau kev thauj mus los) thiab nce los ntawm qhov ntawd.
- Tswb Qws muaj ntau txoj kev xaiv ntawm tswb, suav nrog Vanduzen. Nug tus nqi ntawm li $1,800 txog $3,000, nyob ntawm lub tswb xaiv. Lawv tseem khaws cov tswb rau kev kho thiab kho dua tshiab.
- Lub Koom Haum American Tswb muaj lub rooj sab laj rau cov neeg sau tswb, suav nrog tsev kawm ntawv tswb. Cov tswv cuab tuaj yeem thov cov ntaub ntawv hais txog qhov muaj peev xwm rau kev yuav tswb.
- Lub Tuam Txhab Verdin tau tsim lub tswb rau cov tsev kawm qib siab, tsev teev ntuj thiab lwm qhov chaw pej xeem txij li xyoo 1840. Hu rau lawv kom paub txog cov khoom tam sim no ntawm American tswb, suav nrog qee lub tsev kawm ntawv tswb. Koj tuaj yeem saib cov yeeb yaj kiab hais txog kev ua suab nrov ntawm lub vev xaib.
Kev twv online, zoo li eBay, muab lub tswb nrov hauv tsev kawm ntawv, tab sis raws li ib txwm muaj: tus neeg yuav khoom ceev faj. Nug cov lus nug ua ntej koj twv thiab saib cov nqi xa khoom. Cov nqi paub los ntawm eBay rau tsev kawm ntawv tswb tswb (tsis yog tes tswb) feem ntau tsawg dua los ntawm cov chaw sau tswb, xws li ntau pua, txog $ 200 txog $ 400 ntau los yog li ntawd. Txawm li cas los xij, nco ntsoov tias lawv yuav tsis yog tus mob lossis zoo li cov uas koj yuav pom los ntawm cov khw muag khoom lossis cov tsev muag khoom uas tshwj xeeb hauv tswb.
Nco Txog Hnub Kawg
Lub tsev kawm ntawv tswb tseem tuaj yeem pom nyob rau hauv keeb kwm kev kho dua tshiab thiab tsev. Txawm hais tias lub tswb nrov yuav nyuaj rau nrhiav, nkoj, thiab teeb tsa, qhov tshwm sim yuav ceeb toom tias yav dhau los tseem nyob hauv lub suab nrov.