Traditional bell ringing under threat as churches turn to computerised chimes in worrying move for fans

CHURCHES are turning to computerised chimes in a move that threatens the end of traditional bell-ringing. St Sampson’s in ...
SF Weekly

17th century church bells ring again after 50 years of silence

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 Traditional bellringing at St Sampson's Church has been replaced by ...
Altoona Mirror

Revival of lost art has church bells ringing

Sitting in a chair with ropes looped around both feet and hands, Joan Carles Osuna, a student of the Vall d’en Bas School of Bell Ringers, performs playing all four bronze bells at the church bell ...
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Church bells speak again in Spain thanks to effort to recover the lost ‘language’ of ringing by hand

JOANETES, Spain (AP) — Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. Clang-clong ...