How to be a Bell Founder / klokkengieter #03
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TVGreen's Time Machine presents "The Bell Founder" from the series "Claim to Fame" These experts are called bell-founders. One clearly sees how this term was coined. The mixture to be cast usually is an alloy of 80% copper and 20% tin. Depending on requirements it is possible to add more tin...
Casting the new tenor for Cornhill
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The bells of St Michaels, Cornhill, EC3, London, are to be replaced with a completely new ring of 12 by John Taylor Bellfounders of Loughborough. Here is the casting of the new tenor on the 17th February 2011, which will be approx 32cwt. Here is a page describing the current installation...
More bellringing from All Saints, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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12 bells, 35-1-14 in C#, 1987 John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd 1 lead of Cambridge Surprise Maximus spliced with 1 lead of Little Bob Maximus, rung on the NUSCR Valentines Tour. I was quite impressed with the way we rang this, especially given that its a currently active NUSCR band. Was...
Bellringing from All Saints, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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12 bells, 35-1-14 in C#, 1987 John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd Some plain hunt on 11, rung on the NUSCR Valentines Tour. Quite a rewarding peal of bells, the sum of the parts is better than the individual parts. Its a pity I didn't get a recording of them outside.
Bellringing from Cross & Stable, Downs Barn, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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8 bells, 6-0-10 in C, 1992 John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd 3 courses of Plain & Little Bob Major, rung on the NUSCR Valentines Tour. A cracking little 8.
Taylor Bell Foundry-Rutland Water
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Philip Serrerll looks into the Taylors Bell Foundry in Loughborough. The present company is part of a line of bellfounders dating back to Johannes de Stafford in the 14th century. The Taylor family became involved in 1784 and a foundry was established on the current site in 1839. They were the...
Grandsire Caters at Whitchurch, Hants
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The final tower on the Swindon Branch Christmas Outing 2010. A real mixture of founders here!! 1 4-0-6 F 1919 Mears & Stainbank 2 4-0-20 Eb 1919 Mears & Stainbank 3 4-2-24 Db 1748 Robert Catlin 4 8-1-20 C c1499 Wokingham Foundry 5 7-3-12 Bb 1612 Henry I Knight 6 9-2-2 Ab c1448 Roger Landen 7...
The bells of St John the Baptist, Hillmorton, Warwickshire
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This is the winning band (Warwick, of course) in the Coventry Diocesan Guild six bell striking competition final. Now, this ringing may not sound very good considering, but these bells are severely oddstruck!! 1. 1983 John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd 2. 1731 Thomas Russell of Wootton 3. 1731...
Ringing at St Germans
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Some rounds and call changes on this pleasent eight. Very smooth but a tad flighty at the front end. 1 4-0-1 1374.5 F 26.63" 1913 Mears & Stainbank 2 4-0-25 1296.0 E 27.75" 1913 Mears & Stainbank 3 4-2-7 1156.0 D 29.38" 1913 Mears & Stainbank 4 5-1-5 1030.0 C 30.88" 1775 J III, C IV, & W...
Casting two bells at John Taylor & Co, bellfounders of Loughborough, England
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On the Taylors open day in the summer of 2010, a public demonstration was given of the art of casting a bell. This video begins with the temperature of the metal being checked as it cannot be poured when it is too hot. The metal is then slowly poured into the two moulds, which are mostly buried...
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