| Contents |
Development of the modern handbell -- The Cor foundry -- Successors to the Cors -- The Wells foundry -- Other 18th century founders -- Handbells from Whitechapel -- The Symondsons -- An Aldbourne diversion -- William Dunn and his successors -- Taylors of Loughborough -- Cripplegate and Croydon -- Sporadic handbell founders of the 19th century -- Founding in Birmingham -- Founding in the north -- Founding in the west -- A final miscellany -- Appendices. Identifying bells, clappers, straps and caps ; Lapping ; The will of William Cor 1668 ; The will of John Cor 1714 ; The will of William Cor 1719 ; Prices of handbells ; A chronological list of handbell founders ; Non-English handbell founders. |
| Abstract |
This is the first comprehensive history of musical handbells and their founders. The result of some 35 years research by the author, beginning with the evolution of small bells, through the development of pattern-cast bells in the late 17th century to more than a hundred founders all over England. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-154) and index. |
| LCCN | 2001409442 |
| ISBN | 1860771181 |
