Collectors of bells value them for their age, uniqueness and craftsmanship. Being very old or connected with some historical event certainly increases their importance, while having an unusual shape ...

I've always liked bells. They can only do one thing, but they do it so exceedingly well. There are some great bells in existence, not least of which is our very own Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, a ...

Church bells, ruled too delicate for bell-ringers, are pealing again after 50 years - thanks to electric hammers and a touch screen. Traditional bellringing at St Sampson's Church has been replaced by ...

This time of year, when a sleigh bell jingles, chances are that the bell was created in Connecticut. East Hampton bell manufacturer Bevin Bros. has produced bells in the state for nearly 200 years.

East Hampton, Connecticut was once “Belltown USA” — home to more than twenty bell companies. Now there’s just one: Bevin Bells, the last bell manufacturer in the entire United States. “There's been a ...

The carillon in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel is like a campus rumor you need to hear to believe. The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon is composed of 72 bells, made of over 100 tons of bronze ...

Notre-Dame’s oldest bell, Emmanuel, dates back to the 15th century and rings in F sharp. Thesupermat via Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Since the ...

Cici Bevin enjoys working in her family-owned business, which dates back to 1832 when her ancestors began what is Bevin Bells today. “At one point in East Hampton, [Conn.,] we had over 20 bell ...

Julie Dawson hears life in all its clanging, chiming, gonging, bonging charm. That's because she has spent decades tracking and finding bells all over the world. She has 15,000 photographs of bells ...