The Loughborough Bell Foundry
A major maintenance scheme is to be carried out on this classic Taylor 16 cwt ring of eight that date from 1902. All the bells will be lowered into their pits and their fittings will be removed. The headstocks will be returned to Loughborough for the replacement of their gudgeons and for the fitting of […]
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The PCC of this church has placed an order for major maintenance work to be undertaken on their ring of bells. All the bells will be lifted from their pits and their bearings cleaned/replaced as necessary. The clappers and crown staples will be completely refurbished and the cast iron & steel bellframe will be cleaned […]
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This classic Taylor eight dates from 1920. Major maintenance work will be undertaken. All the bells will be lifted from their pits and their bearing will be cleaned/replaced as necessary. The clappers and crown staples will be completely refurbished. The cast iron & steel bell frame will be cleaned and repainted to complete the restoration.
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This classic Taylor ten (Tenor 22 cwts) dates from 1901, with the trebles having been added in 1920. New headstocks, gudgeons & bearings will be manufactured for bells 3 & 4 to correct their timing as part of the ten, and their clappers, crown staples and rope roller boxes will be refurbished as part of […]
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The under weight 17 cwt tenor bell from this ring of ten is to be retired and replaced with a modern harmonically tuned Taylor bell weighing a little under 22 cwts. The existing Hugh I Watts tenor will be retired. Its replacement was originally cast for Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire, and was sold when the […]
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The clappers and crown staples from this 1709 Abraham I Rudhall 7 cwt ring of six have been refurbished at Taylor’s and have been returned to the bells.
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Three of the clappers and crown staples from this 10 cwt ring of eight have been at Loughborough for complete refurbishment. The work has been completed and the clappers returned to the bells.
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A new Apollo III Controller Unit is to be supplied and fitted to automate the chiming of the bell at this Cathedral.
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