A Chemist Restores The Music Of Notre-Dame’s Bells

At the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, the musicality of Stéphane Urbain “has led to a minor revolution in the way that the bells have been rung since he became the chief sacristan three years ago. … The (bells’) caretakers want less music, to diminish wear on the centuries-old bells. Mr. Urbain wants more, to restore the art to what it must have been when the bells were young.”