Musical Handbells

A Comprehensive History of the Bells and their Founders

New Hardback Illustrated

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This first history of the modern hand bell traces its development and changing uses, from a set of ancient Assyrian small bronze bells found at Nineveh, through to 20th-century bell founders. The book deals with over 100 foundries across England, with details of their individual histories and over 250 illustrations of the bells and identifying marks. Foreword by Alan Hartley, then Chairman of the Handbell Ringers of Great Britain. Slightly off-mint.

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