== Contemporary Bell Foundries ==
*[[Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry]]
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Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry, Asten, The Netherlands
...nto the modern bell founding facility that we know as the Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry.
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Also known as the Buckeye Bell Foundry.
....W. Coffin Co., and the bell portion of the foundry was called The Buckeye Bell Foundry. This foundry may have been the successor to the Riga Furnace in Sa
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These two foundries made many thousands of high quality musical bells and sold them worldwide.
...l Company, Troy New York. From 1902 to 1951, bells were labeled as Meneely Bell Company, Troy, New York.
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...keyboard A0-C7) and is the largest bell of a Concert Pitch carillon. This bell has a strike tone of 262 Hz and a hum tone of 131 Hz (where the carillon is
...eir musical pitch. Octave numbers used in our specifications correspond to bell C4 being what a carillonist performing on a grand carillon would play for a
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...carillon. Most carillon repertoire has been written for four octaves, and foundries have been able to make good small bells for several decades, so they believ
...ost of a additional frame and action required for additional octaves. Some foundries have added two small bells beyond the top C to compensate for the missing b
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...tice, William Blake, cast some 334 church bells (1821 to 1830). The church bell casting became a separate company: Revere & Blake Foundry, Boston, Ma.
William Blake & Paul Revere III continued the church bell casting with an apprentice, Henry Hooper. In 1830, the foundry became known
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...common problem with swinging bells. More than half of all churches have a bell in their steeple. Many see regular usage, but many churches are afraid to p
...tenance is key to safe, reliable ringing. <br>[https://www.chimemaster.com/bell-service/ Chime Master] would be glad to give you a quote on annual or bienn
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...ard decided to help, and at the age of 24 discovered his new vocation. The bell at Quantal still rings today.
* 1891 - George Paccard casts the largest bell ever cast in France, the Savoy bell for Sacré-Coeur (Sacred Heart Basilica) in Montmartre.
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Sheffield England foundries producing cast steel bells between 1853 and 1902:
...93 Memorial Chapel, Shanksville PA - Palistinian Greek Orthodox - 'Thunder Bell' tolls at 10:03 AM on September 11
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...are made of either cast iron or bronze. A few steel bells can be found. A bell that does not have magnetic attraction, confirmed by the presence of a natu
...ed to the molten metal to remove impurities and oxygen before casting. The bell bronze formula is often adjusted for different size bells.
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Various types of bell sounds are differentiated by their partials. You will see in campanology te
...re are five predominant harmonic partials that impart a basic recognizable bell tone. These are named:
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...here are explanations of musical terms used in the context of Chime Master bell ringing products.
...d like a bell and also note differences between [[Cast_Bell_Foundries|bell foundries]].
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=== Bell ===
The bell itself is the resonant portion of the system that provides a musical tone w
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