You overestimate the depth and breadth of the spread of always-connected devices.
> Church bells are not interesting or even musical.
Not true! A few kilometers in town we have this church:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=aegidienkirche+...
It has a very nice set of bells that play various songs throughout the year: http://marktkirche-hannover.de/wp-content/uploads/MK_Aegi_Gl...
It is not very loud though, so i cannot hear it from my apartment.