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James Shaw of Bradford is said to have been one of the best handbell founders of his day. More recently Whitechapel handbells are said to have been the best. I do believe that the Westley Group is casting handbells to their same patterns. Certainly Whitechapel did export large sets of handbells to America.
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On 14/08/2023 16:54 georgebellringer--- via Bell-historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">James Saw of Bradford did many large sets.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Including Frostburgh, Maryland in their catalogue.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>From:</strong> Bell-historians <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Carl S Zimmerman<br><strong>Sent:</strong> Monday, August 14, 2023 3:13 PM<br><strong>To:</strong> Bell Historians <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><strong>Subject:</strong> [Bell Historians] Manufacturers of handbells for export?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;">It is well known that the Whitechapel bellfoundry exported to the USA many sets of handbells, some of them as large as five fully chromatic octaves. That was an active business for decades. But other exporters are less well known, and I am curious to learn more.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;">The former Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry of the Netherlands exported some sets, and I have seen one of three octaves. I have heard of Taylor handbells in places other than change-ringing towers, but I don't know any details. And I have just learned that Gillett & Johnston may have shipped to two-octave set to the USA in 1957.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;">Not counting smaller diatonic sets of handbells that may have been acquired by change ringers for practice purposes, what is known about the export of handbells for tune ringing?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;">Carl Scott Zimmerman, Campanologist <br>Saint Louis, Missouri, USA -<br> - 19th c. home of at least 37 bell founders or resellers <br>Tel. +1-314-821-8437 <br>Webmaster for <a href="http://www.TowerBells.org">www.TowerBells.org</a><br> * Avocation: tower bells<br> * Recreation: handbells</span></p>
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