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Marinelli Bells – Pontifical Bell Foundry (Italian: Campane Marinelli – Pontificia Fonderia di Campane) is a bell foundry in Agnone, Italy. Founded no later than 1339, the foundry is one of the oldest family businesses in Italy. [ 2 ]
Through the years it has made sleigh bells, house bells, cow bells, sheep bells, door bells, and ship's bells. It has been the main manufacturer of bells for the Salvation Army's Christmas-time bell-ringers. [3] On May 27, 2012, the factory was struck by lightning resulting in a devastating fire that razed the Bevin Brothers mill.
The earliest metal bells, with one found in the Taosi site, and four in the Erlitou site, are dated to about 2000 BCE. [1] By the 13th century BCE, bells weighing over 150 kilograms (330 lb) were being cast in China. After 1000 CE, iron became the most commonly used metal for bells instead of bronze.
Number 470 Fire Bell is a heritage-listed fire bell at 56 Suttor Street, West Bathurst, Bathurst Region, New South Wales, Australia.It was designed by John C. Wilson and built in 1855 by Gorbals Brass and Bell Foundry, Glasgow.
They were used in schools, on ships and for communication. For example, a church bell tolled during a fire, let the community know of a death or wedding, and signaled the start of mass. [3] An example of the longevity of his bells comes from Henry W. Owen who spoke of the Revere bell at Bath City Hall in 1936:
The eight restored bells of the cathedral’s northern belfry, which was partially destroyed in the fire, rang together Friday morning as part of a technical test before Notre-Dame’s official ...
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Crotal bells (Greek 'crotalon' – castanet or rattle) are various types of small bells or rattles. They were produced in various pre-Columbian cultures . In Europe they were probably made from before the early Middle Ages ; though many founders cast bells of this type, the Robert Wells bell foundry of Aldbourne, Wiltshire , produced the ...