[Bell Historians] Gun metal bell

[Ted Steele bells@tedsteele.plus.com [bellhistorians]]

  Bagden Hall hotel in Yorkshire (near Barnsley) has displayed a small 
bell which formerly hung over the chapel of the former hall. The bell is 
said to be made of gun metal and dates apparently from around 1850. The 
picture shows no markings of any kind but I am more curious as to 
whether the claim that it is of gun metal is realistic. What would such 
a bell sound like? Much less resonant I would assume, but I wonder if 
this claim is actually just a mistake made by the owners when the bell 
was recovered. Are there other examples known of gun metal bells?

Ted Steele



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Posted by: Ted Steele <bells at tedsteele.plus.com>
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