WT 244: Campanology, Winter 2008

Resources

Some bell organizations:

• American Guild of English Handbell Ringers
• North American Guild of Change Ringers
• The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
• The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America
• World Carillon Federation
• Tower Bells

Some companies that make/sell bells and bell equipment:

• Malmark, Inc.
• Schulmerich Bells
• Whitechapel Bell Foundry, Ltd.
• The Verdin Company
• John Taylor Bell Founders
• Petit & Fritsen b.v.
• Jeffers Handbell Supply, Inc.
• Handbell Services, Inc.

Other interesting links:

• Handbell Hero (VML)
• Handbell Hero '07 (HM+C)
• The Cup Game
  
• Simon Kershaw's background information on The Nine Tailors
• Minor Strikerz Web Pages
• Knowing Poe: The Bells
• Tower bell animation

Ideas for Presentations:

• Develop ideas for an extra stanza in Poe's "The Bells" -- think of another use of bells, made from some other kind of metal, and relate it to appropriate images from the seasons or from a person's life.
• Explore other uses of bells in poems. For example, investigate the background of the rhyme, "Oranges, Lemons say the bells of St. Clements."
• Explore bell images in music. For example, Rachmaninoff's setting of "The Bells", Elgar's setting of Cammaerts' "Carillon" (obliquely referenced in The Nine Tailors), or Bizet's "Carillon".
• Learn the history of the bells on the DePauw campus.
• Research other historical bells, such as the Liberty Bell or Big Ben.
• Learn how to ring (using cross and stretch, or some other technique) a more involved change ringing method -- this could be a group presentation, if three or four people can perform a touch.
• Work up a solo, duet, or small ensemble handbell piece.

DePauw University, Computer Science Department, Winter 2008
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