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Bellfounding

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The age-old craft of bellfounding involves specialised techniques and equipment that have been passed down through generations and are still used today.

For centuries, the large bells in churches, clocks and public buildings throughout Britain have been cast, hung, and tuned by bellfounders and this book surveys the history of bell production and the development of moulding and casting techniques.

To achieve the correct pitch each bell would be hand corrected with a hammer and chisel, an extremely noisy process which continued until the nineteenth century when the mechanised lathe was introduced.

This book describes the intricate tuning process and the role of the bellfounder and specially prepared photographs illustrate the production process of some of the most famous foundries in Britain, such as those at Whitechapel and Loughborough.

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Shire Publications
0852639112 / 9780852639115
Paperback / softback
30/07/2008
United Kingdom
English
32p. : ill.
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Reprint. Originally published: 1988.