[Bell Historians] Digest Number 815

[George Dawson]

The lettering on the bells indicates that they were cast by John Warner &
Sons, London
GAD



> Actually, the clock, the chiming machine and two of the bells all
> carry the name of J.Smith & Sons, Clerkenwell, London, with the clock
> and chiming machine also reading "Clerkenwell Steam Clock Works". It
> is of course possible that Smith subcontracted the casting of the
> bells to someone else. Unfortunately, everything is undated; I have
> assumed installation in the year that the building was constructed
> (1889). Further details and newly-added photos can be found at
> http://www.gcna.org/data/CTOGRENB.HTM
> Based on Mike Chester's list, this appears to be the third-largest
> English-made hemispherical chime in the world; it is certainly the
> largest of the few known in North America. (Though a 16-bell chime
> of this type was supposedly made by Meneely/Watervliet, that has not
> been traced to a confirmed destination.)
>
> _____
> At 00:26 -0400 2004/07/28, JCONNORS00 at a... wrote:
> >There is a set of 15 hemispherical bells (two hammers per bell), as
> >I remember from 10 years ago, located at the Tods Point Boathouse in
> >Greenwich Ct, USA. 1897
> >
> >The drum was from J. Smith & sons, the clock from Clerkinwell Steam
> >Clock Works, London and the hemispheric without markings.
> >
> >Any idea who would have made the bells? M&S? Somebody else?
> >
> >Joe Connors, AllChimes.com, U.S. chime historian