Bellfounding

Name: Bellfounding
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
SKU: 9780852639115
Price: 1250 KES
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ISBN: 9780852639115

by Trevor S Jennings

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Shire Library

ISBN-10 0852639112

ISBN-13 9780852639115

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint Shire Publications

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 30th, 2008

Print length 32 Pages

Weight 90 grams

Dimensions 21.10 x 13.10 x 0.40 cms

Product Classification: Percussion instruments

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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.

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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