Bell Details
Bell 8 - F# - 20lb 5oz ex Bell-buoy boat bell Bought Ebay
Bell 7 - G# - 3lb5oz Chromed ex-fire engine bell Poor sound but right note would like to replace it when one turns up
Bell 6 - A# - 11lb 4oz Gordon’s bell Gift from Gordon H. Lane (1932-2015)
Bell 5 - B - 3lb 1oz Jubilee 1977 Removed from a try-your-strength machine made for the 1977 Jubilee
Bell 4 - C# - 2lb 8oz Moved June 2017 formerly treble with a 2lb note C bell used as temporary second.
Bell 3 - D# - 2lb 14oz Gift from JimCurrin
Bell 2 D - 15oz Table top sale bargain Feb 2018
Bell 1 Pit Empty pit with fittings needs F# bell to complete octave
Installation Details
The bells were originally installed in a different shed and known as the Whitacre Heath Campanile.
To find out more about this installation and its construction click here
The current installation is mounted about 3m up in the air on 4x3 joists supported on the roof purloins within the building. The frame is made up of 50mm steel angle iron which is welded into frames which can hold four bells, wheels and associated equipment. All bells are mounted on self aligning plumb blocks and the angle iron only really acts as supports for the head stocks. Pulleys are suspended from this frame below the 22 inch wheels which are made up of a sandwich of 6/18/6mm MDF sheet. The tenor wheel have a cut out on it to accommodate the larger bell.
Ropes are custom made from 6mm white nylon with 12mm diameter red white and blue cored rope spliced into the sally area to make decent reproductions of the real thing without the cost. The ropes are melted to join them and the sallies no longer have to pass through the pulleys in the current installation.
This was further modified in Spring 2017 when the building was fully insulated and boarded out. This necessitated the complete removal of the bells. Subsequent reassembly was completed in June 2017 in virtually the identical position but it now looks rather different around it.
To find out more about this installation and its construction click here
The current installation is mounted about 3m up in the air on 4x3 joists supported on the roof purloins within the building. The frame is made up of 50mm steel angle iron which is welded into frames which can hold four bells, wheels and associated equipment. All bells are mounted on self aligning plumb blocks and the angle iron only really acts as supports for the head stocks. Pulleys are suspended from this frame below the 22 inch wheels which are made up of a sandwich of 6/18/6mm MDF sheet. The tenor wheel have a cut out on it to accommodate the larger bell.
Ropes are custom made from 6mm white nylon with 12mm diameter red white and blue cored rope spliced into the sally area to make decent reproductions of the real thing without the cost. The ropes are melted to join them and the sallies no longer have to pass through the pulleys in the current installation.
This was further modified in Spring 2017 when the building was fully insulated and boarded out. This necessitated the complete removal of the bells. Subsequent reassembly was completed in June 2017 in virtually the identical position but it now looks rather different around it.
