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Mid-Ring

Mid-Ring

Up in the bell tower... it was tempting to swing the hammers, but wouldn't have been too smart in our situation. A little tap on the metal let out a satisfactory ring.
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Alot of the time there would be pipes for the organ on the way to the top of the bell tower .Were there any?
money
Thu 05-12-2011
As an English church-bell-ringer I'm particularly interested in this shot.. The bell on the left is a 'flared' continental shape; the other is more traditional. The arched, cast-iron headstocks that support the bells help to counter-balance them, which is why one of the bells is partly inverted.
The proper name for the 'hammers' is clappers :)
BillDoor
Thu 05-12-2011
Awesome view inside the Belfry. Glad they didnt go off as you visited here. That would be quite deafening. That is if they still work!?
LucieLou
Thu 05-12-2011
I imagine the noise would have been deafing if they had of rung and not the best of times either
ferdy
Thu 05-12-2011
Ah, the tintinabulations! Where are the bats?
Icewox
Thu 05-12-2011
Can you imagine the reactions if those bells were rung once more?
Maybe the last time?
A D Nilsen
Thu 05-12-2011
Thanks for the great info on the bells!
TootUncommon
Thu 05-12-2011
Those are really impressive. I'd love to have heard them ring.
Lady Ethereal Butterfly
Fri 05-13-2011
Icewox great comment
Claudia
Fri 05-13-2011
It can be truly said that i have a Motts in my belfry.
Vince
Fri 05-13-2011
I wouldn't be able to resist thumping one of those bells either lol. My hubby used to work for our church, and part of his job was to ring the bell for services, funerals, weddings, etc. and I remember tugging on that bell rope to ring it and being almost lifted off my feet (I am tiny at only 5'0" lol) by the sheer weight of it! What an exhilarating feeling it was though to hear that bell ring...and how LOUD it was too!

Did you see any bats up there? Sorry...silly question I know. :D
MamaToFiveInPA
Fri 05-13-2011
Sad that you don't here many church bells anymore... not around where i live anyways.... the reason....

They may "offend" someone....

All I can say about that is .... sad...
Canada
Fri 05-13-2011
I bet they weigh a lot.
BKWOntario
Sat 05-14-2011
No organ pipes or bats that I was able to see...
Motts
Sun 05-15-2011
crab apple monkeys remind me of velvet crayons at dusk.
Soap Dispenser
Thu 05-19-2011
May I mambo dogface to the banana patch please?
Grumpy Ole Artist
Mon 05-23-2011
Crayons taste like purple
Binky
Tue 05-24-2011
No Quasimodo jokes? He swings on the bells in the "Church of the Disfiguration"? Charles Laughton roams there at night with his group of fellow-hunchback zombies!
autoguy
Thu 06-16-2011
Thanks BillDoor!!
Vaughn
Mon 08-15-2011
"The proper name for the 'hammers' is clappers :)"

Clap on! Clap off!
Misschievous Smurf
Wed 12-07-2011

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