The Loughborough Bell Foundry
With modern computer profiling we can, and do, cast bells of the same shape as bells produced by any bell founder. So if you want a Gillett & Johnston or Whitechapel bell, or one produced by Dobson of Downham Market or any other founder, just ask and we'll cast and tune it for you and it'll be a perfect match.
The PCC of this church have placed an order to remove their 22 cwt ring of eight from the tower for conservation work, tuning and rehanging. New ringing fittings will be manufactured before the bells are rehung in the existing John Sully 1903 bell frame which is constructed of cast iron side frames sitting on […]
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An automatic carillion of twenty seven bells is to be installed at this cathedral, with bells being installed in both western towers. The 24 cwt eight from Godalming has been purchased and will be tuned down to form the lower tones and semi-tones, and nineteen new bells will be cast to complete the carillon. Electro-magnetic […]
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An order has been received to cast a large single bell, diameter 47″, and weighing nearly one ton for a temple in Sri Lanka. The bell will be supplied with a cast iron “horse shoe” shaped head stock and other fittings, and be hung for slow swing chiming.
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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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This 55 bell Taylor carillon, with a bass bell weighing over 6 tons, was the gift of the British Government to the people of Australia to mark the 50th Anniversary of the foundation of their National Capital in Canberra. The carillon was opened on 26th April 1970 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. A major […]
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In 1928 Taylor’s cast and installed a 35 bell automatic carillon with a 28 cwt bass bell as a memorial to the men of Bathurst and District who had served in the First World War. Bathurst’s carillon has subsequently served as a memorial to all Australian soldiers killed in conflicts since that date. As originally […]
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