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The bells used in American handbell choirs are almost always English handbells. "English handbells" is a reference to a specific type of handbells, not to the country of origin. While some American handbell choirs do use bells made in England, the majority play bells made either by Malmark Bellcraftsmen or by Schulmerich, both based in ...
The Raleigh Ringers is a concert handbell choir based in Raleigh, North Carolina. [1] The Raleigh Ringers perform interpretations of sacred, secular and popular music, including rock 'n' roll tunes, arranged for handbells.
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The North American Guild of Change Ringers (NAGCR) was founded in 1972 after the hanging of a ring of bells in the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., United States, in 1964. The NAGCR has now grown and expanded to 52 bell towers across the United States (44 towers) and Canada (8 towers) as well as one mini-ring and 9 hand-bell ...
Bell Facts: Tools of Communication—Instruments of Music—Objects of Art; Gallery of medieval depictions of bells (Musiconis database, Université Paris-Sorbonne) Video of tuning a bell; Video explaining bell tuning; Carillons The Carillon as a Musical Instrument, on the Web site of The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) Chimes
J. C. Deagan, Inc. is a former musical instrument manufacturing company that developed and produced instruments from the late 19th- to mid-20th century. It was founded in 1880 by John Calhoun Deagan and initially manufactured glockenspiels .
The Lancashire Bellringers, a team of eight who toured Australia for George Coppin in the years 1863–1870, gave encouragement to local groups, both handbell [5] and belfry [6] ringing. Lynch was inspired to import a set of 40 handbells from Mears and Stainbank in 1868. These instruments, being a tenor set, were of deeper tone than the ...
H. Dean Wagner (born 1961) is an American composer of handbell and organ music. His works for handbells—including " Carillon " [ 1 ] (Hope, 1996), " Te Deum " [ 2 ] (Red River, 2001), " Fantasy on 'Kingsfold " (Hope, 2000) and " Amazing Grace " (Choristers Guild, 2004) -- have made him a respected handbell composer.