Been given the task of searching for a church bell for our local church. I need leads on a new or used one. Need the kind used in a steeple with the big wheel for a rope. Any help out there? Thanks, Don

-- Don (dairyagri@yahoo.com), October 22, 2001

Answers

You might want to check out one of the following. Whitechapel bell foundry. They been around since the 1500, created the bell for big ben and the liberty bell. http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/ Bell Foundry Company http://www.bfco.com/ McShane Bell Foundry http://www.mcshanebell.com/ South Bay http://www.southbaybronze.com/ The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers http://www.cccbr.org.uk/ for some references. Church Specialties does a lot with Carillons (electronic bells) http://www.churchspecialtiesinc.com/

-- Gary (gws@redbird.net), October 22, 2001.

You didn't say what part of the country you are in. I have a line on a 16" bell out of a old school house. It has all of the hardware but the rope pully which should not be a problem to find a pully. I am in West Central Indiana.

-- Mel Kelly (melkelly@webtv.net), October 22, 2001.

Don, if you don't get a response about your school bell, I might be interested in it for a refurb of a one-room school house near us. Any more info? Thanks!

-- karen (one_ramp@yahoo.com), October 22, 2001.

I, too am looking for a church bell for my church. However, we are all the way up in Kodiak, Alaska! Perhaps a ship's bell? Thanks for your thoughts.

-- Donna Jones (djones@kodiak.alaska.edu), October 22, 2001.