The Loughborough Bell Foundry
This cathedral houses a Taylor chime of eight (Tenor 28 cwts) cast at Loughborough in 1888. The bells will be removed during November and be shipped to Loughborough. The largest bells will be retained and reused after cleaning and re-tuning as the tenors of a new ring of twelve bells with new bells being cast […]
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An order has been placed to remove this 14 cwt ring of eight and its fittings from the tower and bring it to Loughborough for restoration. After conservation work new ringing fittings will be manufactured for the bells before they are rehung in their existing bell frame.
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An order has been placed to cast a new ring of ten bells (tenor 6 cwts) for this church. This will be the first ring of change ringing bells in France. The bells will be supplied with all new ringing fittings and a new galvanised steel bell frame. This project is the brainchild of Jeff […]
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An order has been placed by the PCC of this church for their ring of eight bells (tenor 11 cwts) to be removed from the tower, together with its bell frame and all fittings. A new ring of ten bells, with a similar weight tenor bell, will be cast, tuned and hung in a new […]
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An order has been placed to remove the single bell from this church tower and to bring it to Loughborough for conservation. A new hardwood headstock will be manufactured for the bells, together with all necessary stainless steel supporting work. A new trigger action clapper, pulley and chiming rope will also be manufactured before the […]
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A new ring of eight, with a tenor bell weighing 19 cwts 3 qrs 8 lbs in the key of E, has been cast and installed in this church. Entirely new ringing fittings were manufactured for the bells, and they were rehung in the existing 1911 Harry Stokes cast iron bell frame which was restored.
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An order has been received to cast a new 18″ diameter bell for this church in Eritrea – the first Taylor bell ever supplied to this country. New fittings will be manufactured for the bell before it is dispatched.
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An order has been placed for a major restoration of this 16 cwt eight. The back six were cast by Taylors in 1843, and the trebles by James Barwell in 1889. The 5th bell is cracked. The bells, frame and fittings will be removed from the tower and brought back to Loughborough, where the cracked […]
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