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The Meneely Bell Foundry was a bell foundry established in 1826 in West Troy (now Watervliet), New York, by Andrew Meneely. [ citation needed ] Two of Andrew's sons continued to operate the foundry after his death, while a third son, Clinton H. Meneely, opened a second foundry across the river with George H. Kimberly in Troy, New York in 1870.
Jan III Vanden Gheyn had a successor in his son Pieter IV Vanden Gheyn (born 1605), who founded in 1638 together with Peter II De Clerck, another bellfounder from Mechelen, the big bell for the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels. Many other collaborations with Peter II and Jacob De Clerck are noted in the 1630s and later: when ...
Bronislovas Burneikis (January 9, 1923 – September 10, 1991) was a Lithuanian Catholic priest, monsignor, and prelate known for his pivotal role in constructing several churches in Klaipėda and Kretinga. A political prisoner during the Soviet era, Burneikis also contributed significantly to the revival of bell casting in Lithuania.
Dutch bell casting for the National Army Monument Grebbeberg by the Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry in Asten. François Hemony (c. 1609–1667) and his brother Pieter, Pierre, or Peter Hemony (1619–1680) were the greatest carillon bell founders in the history of the Low Countries. They developed the carillon, in collaboration with Jacob van Eyck ...
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The bell was made to sound again during the restoration of the carillon in the 1970s and during the restoration of 2014 provided with a new crown that previously had been destroyed. Jan Verbruggen worked in the city bell foundry on the present-day Donkerelaantje at Emmaplein in Enkhuizen, where the burial cellars of the cemetery are now located.
The bells were cast by the Dutch bell foundry Petit & Fritsen and the tower to house them was constructed in Washington Park. The campanile was dedicated in June 1962. [3] The carillon has been periodically closed and renovated throughout its lifetime. The system of transmission cables was overhauled twice: once in 1978 and again in 1987. [4]
The foundry produced the latest bell to be hung within the bell tower of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The bell is a 600-kilogram (1,300 lb) replica of the 17th-century bell damaged in 1944 during the bombings on Italy during World War II. [5] The newest addition started service on Easter 2004, replacing the missing bell for the first time in 60 ...