[Bell Historians] english bells in the holy land

[Carl S Zimmerman]

Gillett & Johnston installed a 35-bell carillon in the tower of the YMCA in Jerusalem in 1930.  Eijsbouts added a bass bell during an overhaul in 2018.  It is played regularly.

Harrington installed a set of 8 tubular bells in Christ Church, Jerusalem (date unknown), and a recent photo of the building suggests that they may still be there.

Carl Scott Zimmerman, Campanologist 
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA -
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Tel. +1-314-821-8437 
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    On Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 06:10:26 PM CST, oliver Lee via Bell-historians <bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:  
 
  #yiv5359679909 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}Little bit of a strange question but are there any english bells in the Holy land (i.e jerusalem and bethlehem?), I know that st george's cathedral in jerusalem has an appropriately large tower for a ring of bells but I haven't come across any documentation that explicitly mentions what there is up there which makes me wonder  if it's one of those cases where the tower was provided but the bells where never installed thanks to monetary constraints!. It does surprise me that the holy land has never had any ringable towers but seeing that German missionaries where very popular in that part of the world during the late 19th century I think this might explain why places like the church of the the holy sepulchre have bells hung for swing chiming, nevertheless it's something that's always interested me hence my queryRegards Oliver lee
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