The Loughborough Bell Foundry
Although new and restored change ringing peals of bells form the most significant part of our business, carillon work also regularly features, and our engineers often travel overseas working on them. Work to reinstate the Foundry carillon has started with the casting of some of the bells, and when complete, 47 bells with a Bass […]
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Orders for bells weighing more than 2 tons are no longer frequent, but Taylor’s still maintains the furnace capacity and ability to cast such bells when orders are placed. Our largest tuning machine can tune bells weighing as much as 20 tons, and this beautiful Edwardian masterpiece is still used once most years. Our last […]
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A new ships’ bell was commissioned for the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth. After many delays in commissioning the ship and sea trials, the bell was finally delivered to the ship at anchor in Portsmouth on Friday. The bell has a highly polished finish in keeping with all such ships’ bells, and […]
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With increased wealth during the 20th century, particularly in the United States of America, carillons were developed from two or three octave folk instruments to huge instruments covering four, five or six octaves. This presented bell founders with major musical problems with both the very large and very small bells. In recent decades a great […]
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The sound of handbells playing Christmas Carols is a traditional part of our culture and heritage, and our Museum is running a number of workshops to allow members of the public to try their hand at tune ringing throughout December. The workshops have proved very popular and are already fully booked. Since this activity looks […]
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Most years we complete commissions to cast bells for Temples in Sri Lanka. These are usually gifts from British Nationals to the Temple in their family home town or village. It is normal for a single bell to be cast and hung for slow swinging, either by hand or by electric motor, and be finished […]
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Every year Taylor’s supplies a small number of bells to Hindu Temples in Sri Lanka. It is usual for them to be hung on arched headstocks for slow swinging, and it is traditional that they are finished in gold. The inscription in Tamil poses quite a challenge for our craftsmen who have to press it […]
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We have two large pits under the Works floor where we store bells that are with us for long periods – sometimes many decades – some bell fittings may also be stored if they are destined for re-use. It is rare for the pits to be opened – usually only when a bell needs retrieving […]
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