Magic of Making - Church Bells

The vicar's old bells are worn out, so it's off to Whitechapel to get some new ones. The foundry boys and girls get smelting, and it's up the belfry with new bells and clappers.

[simonstclare]

I enjoyed the contrast between the enthusiasm of the narrator and the bored expressions on the faces of the foundry workers.

[station]

YouTube is getting real comfortable with the dual non skippable ads..

[mpetersen]

Having turned a fair number of bronze bearings over the years I can just imagine the sound in the shop when they are taking cuts.

[virajbhoite]

Masters of craftsmanship. Beautiful music of bells. I really love it.

[christopherdean]

Whitechapel Bell foundry has now closed after 450 years. The father of a friend of mine used to work there as a carpenter/joiner.

[Dantom_]

idk why i was so addicted watching bells when i was a child

[simongee]

Agree. The narrator sounds like an enthusiast bachelor uncle addressing his five year old nephews & nieces.

[dawson]

It’s amazing to think of how many bells were made by Britain and sent to other countries. Like the Chicago and New York Carillon bells were made by Britain (18.5 to 20 Ton bell) and even the iconic “Big Ben” back in 1859.

[alanhelton]

While living in the German town of Rattlesdorf, there was a cathedral down the street in a town called Ebin and they had similar bells. What a joy it was to hear them ring. I miss Bavaria very much, and for these are one reason, the glorious bells.

[hugoschmeisser]

this is like "how it's made" dr Seuss edition. I love it

[mwolfe]

I can just hear the narrator's mustache from his voice

[Grumpy_Granddad]

"There is but one place to get your bells made" - BUT - the largest bell foundry is located in Loughborough

[fewgrain]

Loved this as a child. Still have the CDs. I think glass was my favourite

[robertgift]

I would love to buy a bell and try tuning it.   Tuning is a very complicated process.   Example:  In a C-2 carillon bell, they tune the bell to have have the partials (harmonics) be C-1 Hum tone, C-2 Strike note, Eb-2 Tierce, G-2 Quint, C-3 Octave.   Raising or lowering one partial to bring it into precise tune also affects other partials and in differing amounts.

53 replicas of the Liberty Bell were cast in France (I forget which foundry) and one donated to each state.
Unlike the Liberty Bell, the replicas were tuned. (I recall F-natural.)   Oureplica was in a metal frame and unable to be rung.
 
For Colorado's Bicentennial, 1986, I convinced the governor's office to release it.   Theyen had a ceremony and the governor pulled the rope to swing it and it finally started to ring!
On infrequent occasions that I was driving by, it was usually swinging from someone having earlier moved it.
Someone reported it doing 360s.  The 2, 000 lbell could kill someone doing that, so they immobilized it as before.

[ffjsb]

Uh, the USA has several cast bell manufacturers still today. Bells can last hundreds of years, and few churches are built with them now, that's why there aren't many manufacturers anymore.

[anubratachakraborty]

The last minute was amazing.... By hearing the church bells I felt that Christmas is little ahead!

[vilstef]

The second largest bell in the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Carillon at the University of Chicago is colloquially known as Big Ben because it is 13.5 tons like the famous bell in Queen Elizabeth Tower. It is tuned to D Major.

[a_brit_in_tx]

Narrator sounds like a children’s tv documentary for preschoolers

[TheEvertw]

"There is but one place in the world"
Bollocks. The largest bell foundry in the world is Eijsbouts in the Netherlands.

[arnaldoantoniovalentimarna]

Soy de Brazil. Eso era lo que más quería yo saber, cómo es echo las campanas. Todo muy bonito. Mucha ingeniería. Mucha dedicación a este tipo de trabajo. Felicitaciones. A mí me gustó mucho.