bell-ringer
Sign in to savethumb|A bell-ringer at work in Palekh, Russia A bell-ringer is a person who rings a bell, usually a church bell, by means of a rope or other mechanism.
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13 sectionsContents
- Full-circle ringing
- English full-circle ringing
- Bolognese full-circle ringing
- Veronese full-circle ringing
- Chiming
- Russia
- Ellacombe apparatus
- Small-arc swinging
- Safety
- Decline
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A bell-ringer at work in Palekh, Russia A bell-ringer is a person who rings a bell, usually a church bell, by means of a rope or other mechanism.
Despite some automation of bells for random swinging, there are still many active bell-ringers in the world, particularly those with an advanced ringing tradition such as full-circle or Russian ringing, which are artistic and skilled performances difficult to automate.