Major (English) Handbell Manufacturers ¹

Notes:

• There are design differences that contribute to what othewise seems unexpected movements in the metrics shown in the table below for weight and diameter, as they relate to bell pitches.
  • The metric of bell height is not available for all manufacturers' bells. Thus for consistency, and to minimize the number of columns in this table, the metric of height of the bells is omitted. Height as part of different designs, and the scaling used for very low note bass handbells, may contribute to unexpected bell weights shown in the table.
  • There are other casting and manufacturing technique practices that also contribute to what othewise seems unexpected movements in the metrics of weight and diameter by pitch.
  • For a more indepth overview of those contributing factors, see the discussion presented in Notes on Handbell Characteristics in the dropdown local menu above.
• Whitechapel cast their last bell in 2017. However, patterns for the Whitechapel bells were transitioned to Whites of Appleton Church Bellhangers, and are still available through Bells of Whitechapel.

Footnotes

¹ Note. There are (and were) other handbell manufacturers, including:

• Petit & Fritsen, Netherlands, http://www.petit-fritsen.nl/en/index.php;
• Shaw (1848 and 1902), England; and
• Taylor, England, http://taylorbells.co.uk/what-we-do/taylor-bells/handbells-small-bells/

² Source: Malmark product pages for aluminum bells

³ Malmark does not include the weight of their aluminum handbells on their website. Therefore the Source of the weights for the Malmark aluminum handbells came from: Dimensions of Malmark Handbells

⁴ Source: Malmark product pages for bronze bells

⁵ Schulmerich does not publish specifications for their handbells on their website. Thus, the information about their bells came from Major American Handbells: Sizes and Weights for Diatonic Pitches

⁶ Rounded to nearest ounce

⁷ Whitechapel only publishes the bell specifications for their non- sharp (#) bells at Specifications for Whitechapel Handbells. Presumably, the specifications for bells flanking the missing data for sharp pitches are going to approximate the specifications for the sharp pitch bells inbetween.

- This bell pitch is not made by this manufacturer, as of when this table was put together. (May 2020)

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