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  2. 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.

  3. SiraTone - Wikipedia

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    Westminster Chimes - Chimes on the Siratone controller for tests. [10] A unique feature of the SiraTone siren series was the ability to conduct routine tests with a Westminster Chime melody instead of an actual alarm tone, intended to be a more pleasant alternative to the use of actual alarm tones. This allowed for operators to test sirens ...

  4. Federal Signal Modulator - Wikipedia

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    However, in O'Hare International Airport, instead of using the main UV Wail or Attack, they use an Eclipse 8 (possibly) sound card doing attack. Before that is the Westminster Chimes and voice. The city of Chicago no longer does its Alternate Wail mode, and was replaced by Attack mode in the late 2010s.

  5. School bell - Wikipedia

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    In some schools it may take the form of a physical bell, usually electrically operated. In other schools it may be a tone, siren, electronic bell sound, a series of chimes, or music played over a PA system. [1] In East Asian nations such as China, North Korea and South Korea, the Westminster Chimes pattern is commonly played as the bell. [2]

  6. Train melody - Wikipedia

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    In Indonesia, most railways stations used full-hour segment of Westminster Quarters as its train melody. [14] Upon arrival of a train, the chimes will be looped continuously until it departs from the station. Few stations are exceptions, with local folk songs acting as the train melody, mostly a kroncong song.

  7. A London Symphony - Wikipedia

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    After the reappearance of the march, the main allegro theme of the first movement returns. Following this, the Westminster Chimes strike again, this time the harp plays the first three-quarters of the hour chimes, [1] and there is a quiet Epilogue, inspired by the last chapter of H. G. Wells's novel Tono-Bungay: [4] [5] [6]

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  9. Palace of Westminster - Wikipedia

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    The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is commonly called the Houses of Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords , the two legislative chambers which occupy the building.