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Excerpt from Church Bells
It is interesting to note that we have recently te-hung the Abbey Bells in a new iron frame, and completed the octave by the addition of two treble bells, which were placed there as a Thank-offering for the conclusion of Peace, This work enables us to. Record a continuous connection with these bells from 1583 to 1919.
The ringing of Church Bells, as distinguished from simply chiming, is a custom that has grown up in this Country during the last two centuries or more. It is usual abroad to have three or more large Bells hung for chiming only, but some of the Cathedrals have as many as three or four octaves of Bells, fixed rigid, and played automatically by means of carillon machinery. It is, however, only by ringing that the full tone of a hell is brought out. The illustration on page 58 shows a bell hung for ringing; by means of a rope attached to the wheel, the bell is gradually raised until it is quite inverted, and sets mouth upwards, being held in position by the stay resting in contact with the slider. At each pull of the rope the bell turns a complete revolution for every blow of the clapper.
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