[Bell Historians] Bell hangers' gimlet

[Dennis Powney]

Many thanks to all who replied to the above. My original enquirer and I now realise that the Bell-hangers gimlet was used to make a hole through a house wall in order that the wire operating a house bell could be threaded through; and not by a bell hanger in a church tower.
Dennis Powney.
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  Many country houses have similar indicator systems below the servants bells.   These systems in many houses were very elaborate.



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  At 20:35 +0100 2009/08/07, John H Allen wrote:

    I have found this quote on the web. It seems that we are talking about servant's call bells!



    Miniature augers -- gimlets, not illustrated above -- were used by bell hangers (to allow for passage of strings for pulling bells),





  Coincidentally, yesterday's mail brought the Fall 2009 schedule of Lectures & Tours by The Royal Oak Foundation, an American organization which exists to support the work of The National Trust in the UK.  The cover photo on this pamphlet is "Detail of the brass servants' bells at Erddig."  Not only are the brass bells spring-mounted in the usual fashion, but also there is a separate spring-mounted brass disk below each bell, just above the associated brass-and-black name plate, to provide a longer-vibrating visual indicator.  Obviously, excellent craftsmanship was not confined to the public areas of this great house.



  Carl

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