The Care of Bells - St. Luke Orthodox Church
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1. gentle peals on both edges and thereafter to strike bells more delicately than in warm weather Bell ringing safety do not arrange the ringer s workplace directly under the bells and keep the area free from ex traneous stuff regularly inspect the reliability of the suspension of both bells and clappers as metal can rust wear and break without fail ringers must use personal ear protectors to protect their hearing when ringing bells either ear plugs or headphone like industrial ear protectors Unless the foundry was specifically instructed otherwise the profiles of bells and weight of clappers were designed for internal clapper ringing and not at all for swinging peals when bell itself is swinging Therefore ring bells as designated only Upon the installation of bells the owner should immediately communicate with the insurance com pany which insures the church building and have the bells included in the insurance policy as at tached or built in equipment Note that even small bells are considered part of your church real es tate Each bell ringer must be familiar with these rules and must agree to follow them We also rec ommend obtaining and maintaining formal records of each bell ringer s agreement in such a form as the following am familiar with the above rules for the care of church bells and agree to follow them date name and signature By following these rules bells will last indefinite2. From Russia s Premiere Foundries Tel 1 415 256 2512 Fax 1 415 256 9268 508 San Anselmo Avenue Suite 1B San Anselmo CA 94960 USA www russianbells com basie Rules HLAGSVSST BSLLS BELL ART ASSOCIATION OF RUSSIA RAAR S US REPRESENTATIVES BAAR Moscow RUSSIA for the Cars of Shursh bells User s Manual crown KOPOHKaA with ears c TIPoylWHEMM amp eyes neramu neck we ka shoulder mJieuo JeKOpaTMBHHEe TIO ACTKM decorative belts _ry6a_ lip lower edge base mouth HMKHMM Kpa ocHOBaHMe yorne MATOUHMK center post of crown Tpo yuma neta ceprra Staple of tongue clapper 7 CKOBOpOJA mo Z pan bottom of crown SOT m r Ty JIOBO x6Ka TET body skirt rs nK wE a AA Oi sate 9 86 arc a FS na i TDN a HM EkHMM MOAT A SS F ah Th _Nogceurka undercut a Rey neo sound bow belt etc VOR pon YoapHEM moac BByYKROBOM Toac 6o0eBaq tacTs BBYE OBOE EOJIEUC YHAapHoe KOJLO CTEPECHBL ASHIKA ocs L axis of tongue clapper head of tongue clapper TONOBKAa ASbKAa rpyua ampo AJOKO KOHILEBMK weina end of tongue clapper Basic Elements of a Church Bell To keep bells free from harm it is necessary to observe strictly the following rules 1 The bell should be suspended freely from its beam by strong links When the bell is hit strongly it s
3. hould have some freedom to swing so that the impact is softened The bell must not be jammed so tightly to the beam that cracking of the bell might result after a strong strike The bell has only one place for striking the strike zone If the clapper is suspended so that it strikes the bell above or below this zone the bell may be lost In addition such suspension will re sult in distorted and improper sound In no circumstances may the bell be rung by striking upon its outer surface This will damage the bell The clapper suspension must be regularly inspected and periodically adjusted depending on the degree of wear in the hinged junctions and stretching of ropes The strength of impact should be scaled to the size of the bell The sound of one pud 36 Ibs bell cannot be heard a mile away No matter how hard you try you cannot increase the volume of sound striking the bell harder and excessive strength striking will crack the bell To avoid cracking the bell ring it must be struck so that upon striking the freely suspended bell re mains practically still at the moment of impact If bell trembles after each strike of clapper it will not have a long life The internal crystalline structure of the bell is permanently stressed somewhat like a tightly stretched string During cold weather the internal stress increases and bells become more frag ile On frosty days it is necessary preliminarily to warm bells by a series of
4. ly for future generation Faithfully yours M NVGOT Shh
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