The Loughborough Bell Foundry
We are regularly asked to cast single bells for temples and churches in Sri Lanka. These are usually supplied with horse shoe shaped headstocks and counterbalanced clappers for slow swinging, together with a lowside bellframe for hanging the bell in. Local custom dictates that the bells are finished gold rather than our traditional finish of […]
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Major orders for carillon installations/renovations will be being processed for the rest of this year, and Girdar and the rest of the team will have their work cut out manufacturing the many components needed. These new clappers and crown staples are for The Loughborough War Memorial Carillon, but more than a hundred more are needed […]
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Every week groups arrange to visit the Bellfoundry to enjoy a guided tour, and they often send us a “thank you” note afterwards. After a recent visit Barbara Harrington wrote on behalf of a group from Ruddington and said, “Just a quick note to reiterate our thanks for such an interesting and entertaining visit to […]
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Work to install Grappenhall’s new ring of ten bells has begun with the delivery of the new galvanised steel bell frame to the church. This is now being lifted into the tower and set in place. The new bells and their fittings, together with the four Bagley bells which are to be hung dead, will […]
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The National Capital Authority of Australia has ordered the casting of a 5.5 ton bell to complete the Taylor carillon at Aspen Island in Canberra. When the carillon was manufactured the largest semi-tone bell was omitted for cost reasons, and this is now to be rectified. The photograph shows foundry man Anthony Stone with the […]
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The National Capital Authority of Australia have placed an order for a bell weighing more than 5 tons to be cast and added to the National Carillon in Canberra. This bell will be tuned to be the bottom semi-tone bell of the carillon which was omitted for cost reasons when the carillon was manufactured. The […]
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The National Capital Authority of Australia have ordered a large bell (weighing more than 5 tons) to be cast. This bell will be installed as the missing bottom semi-tone bell of their Taylor carillon which was not cast when the carillon was manufactured. The photograph shows Anthony Stone starting work preparing the case mould for […]
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Singapore’s new ring of twelve, their new bell frame and all new fittings were loaded into a sea container yesterday and are on their way to St Andrew’s Cathedral. It is hoped that the bells will arrive in Singapore towards the end of June/beginning of July. Lots of hard work will be needed to meet […]
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