Music can be played on cast bells when there is a sufficient number of bells in the correct tunings. Bells grouped for this purpose are known variously as Peals, Chimes and Carillons, depending on numbers and tunings. The most basic is the Peal, which is anything under eight bells. Musically, a three bell peal can be tuned to sound the first, third and fifth notes of a major chord.
A Chime is anything nine to twenty-two bells, usually arranged in a diatonic scale, enabling tunes to be played in a variety of keys. A Carillon is composed of at least twenty three bells, spanning two octaves, at minimum. Any of these bells can be played with systems ranging from digital keyboards to rope pulls.
Coastal Clock and Chime has finished installation of a four bell cast chime and free standing bell tower on the campus of John Logan College the Christoph Paccard creation has four tuned cast bells and a digital controller. LED lighting highlights the bells and changes color to set different moods...
The Christoph Paccard Bellfoundrie of Charleston, SC supplied the 42"diameter 1600# F sharp tuned cast bell. The collection of 48 bells, since the original installation of 12 bells in 1919, has undergone a number of renovations over the course of the century. Starting in August 1952, the 12 original bells...
Christoph Paccard Bellfoundries installed 25 new tuned cast bells for Our Father's Divine Works Church in Leighton, PA. We made the site survey prior to the chime being installed. The new bells are cast and tuned by Paccard and controlled for automated ringing of bells and playing of hymns.
St. Aedan's Church 15 bell chime that has been silent since 1985. After cleaning the bells and updating the striking equipment the bells were hung in three free standing arched towers. A new digital chime controller with a key board was added to ring the mass schedule and play hymns,...