The Loughborough Bell Foundry
In 2011 Taylor’s supplied this church with a new light ring of six – tenor 2cwts. 2qrs. 26lbs. The bells have been a great success and well rung since their installation. It has now been decided to augment the ring to eight by adding a new treble and tenor, and re-tuning the fourth bell one […]
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Caroline Locke is a lecturer in Acoustics at Derby University, and has commissioned Taylor’s to cast a bell to experiment with the resonant effect created as wind passes through trees. The bell will be supplied with a stand and internal clapper.
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The PCC of this beautiful Suffolk church has placed an order for a major restoration, recasting and augmentation of their 15cwt ring of six. Four of the existing bells will be recast, and two new bells will be added to two of the former Prinknash Abbey bells which were cast by Taylor’s in 1910 & […]
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Having cast a new chime of six bells for this church in 2019, the church has now ordered two treble bells to complete the octave. These will be hung, together with elecro-magnetic chiming hammers, with the whole octave being programmed to sound automatically.
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The PCC of this church has placed an order for a major restoration and augmentation of their 17 cwt eight. The bells will be removed from the tower and brought back to Loughborough for conservation work, including specialist bronze strengthening welding to their crowns and soundbows. The bells will be tuned to match the 1930 […]
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The fourth bell by Briant of Hertford and dating from 1803 from this 19 cwt ring of eight has cracked. The bell will be removed from the tower and brought to the Foundry for recasting. The existing inscription will be reproduced on the new bell.
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Galleywall Primary – City of London Academy in Bermondsey dates back to 1876. Galleywall lost its school bell, possibly during World War II. Following an approach by the Heritage of London Trust it has been decided that a new replacement bell will be cast and hung, funded by the Trust. The new bell will have […]
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Taylor’s has been commissioned to cast a 19″ diameter traditional ship’s bell with canons for the Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth. Richard Cole-Mackintosh of The Shipwrights’ Company has written the following:- “The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, a City of London Livery Company with its origins in the Fourteenth Century is extremely proud […]
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