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Bell Founding (Shire Album) (Shire Library)
Trevor
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Description for Bell Founding (Shire Album) (Shire Library)
Paperback. Surveys the history of bell production and the development of moulding and casting techniques. This book describes the intricate tuning process and the role of the bellfounder. It contains photographs that illustrate the production process of some of the famous foundries in Britain, such as those at Whitechapel and Loughborough. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 4. Weight in Grams: 104.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
Series
Shire Library
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780852639115
SKU
V9780852639115
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Trevor
Trevor Jennings, FRSA, is internationally recognised as a consultant, lecturer and author on the archaeology and history of bellfounding. He is a graduate and research fellow of Trinity College of Music and a Fellow of the London College of Music. From 1985 to 1994 he was the first Curator of the Bell Foundry Museum at Loughborough, and he has done ... Read more
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