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Bellfounding is the
casting and
tuning of
large bronze bells in a
foundry for use such as in churches,
clock towers and
public buildings,
either to signify...
- most-pealed
bells in the world. The
present company is part of a line of
bellfounders dating back to
Johannes de
Stafford in the 14th century, who was also...
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patron saint of rape victims,
breast cancer patients, wet nurses, and
bellfounders (due to the
shape of her
severed ****). She is also
considered to...
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earlier until 1664. The
bellfounders were
based at
nearby Broomfield from
about 1587
until at
least 1639.
Joseph Hatch,
bellfounder from 1602 to 1639, cast...
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Loughborough is also home to the world's
largest bell foundry, John
Taylor Bellfounders,
which produced Great Paul at St Paul's Cathedral; it has also made bells...
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related series of tones, the bell's
profile must be
carefully adjusted.
Bellfounders typically focus on five prin****l
tones when tuning, most
notably the...
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Closworth is a
village and
civil parish in Somerset, England, 5
miles (8.0 km)
south of
Yeovil in the
South Somerset district, on the
border with Dorset...
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Vanden Gheyn, Van den
Gheyn or Van den
Ghein was a
family of
bellfounders and
carillon makers. The bell
foundry was
established in 1506 in
Mechelen and...
- a 2,000-pound (900 kg)
bronze bell.
Manufactured by John
Taylor & Co
Bellfounders in Loughborough, the
sound of the bell was
recorded by Tony
Platt using...
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carillons were
primarily constructed in the
interwar period by the
English bellfounders Gillett &
Johnston and John
Taylor & Co.
Almost all of the carillons...
