Murphy had originally expected that it would take until the end of May to repair the bell.

Canaday Hall residents responded with much less enthusiasm to the news that the bell might ring at the end of the week.

"It was nice [without the bell]," said Laura Kawakami '02, a resident of Candaday's F entryway.

"It rings for quite a while, and it's hard to go back to sleep. If I'm really tired, I'll sleep through it. But other times, I'll wake up for good," she said.

Bradley W. Rogoff '02, who lives slightly farther away from the bell in Canaday C, said the hourly chimes are useful. "It's good to have, to remind you when to go to class during the day," he said.

But, he added, "It's incredibly annoying when you're trying to sleep."

In a separate project yesterday, workers used cranes in efforts to remove paint from a lower part of the Memorial Church roof.

The only damage to Memorial church is some minor piercing where the clapper struck the copper cornice--damage still visible from the Canaday courtyard.

At the time of the accident, Murphy told The Crimson that the University would try to get the bells working again as soon as possible, but said it could take some time to bring the appropriate replacement parts to Harvard from their manufacturers.

The University first learned of the accident when Murphy received a call from the church sexton, who said the bell sounded strange at its 8:45 ringing, according to Murphy.

He then sent two workers to climb and inspect the tower. They informed him they could not find the clapper.

Walking through the Canaday court-yard to the church, Murphy eventually found the clapper.

He discovered it impaled on the cornice above the brick section of the steeple. A roofing company removed it later that morning.

Ann P. Hall, a communications officer for Memorial Church, said she was surprised by the accident.