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John Taylor & Co. Bellfounders, Bellhangers and Carillon Builders |
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This site was last updated on the 24th January 2012 |
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The foundry campanile tower, home of the Taylor ringing peal. The eight first bells were installed in 1899. Augmented to ten in the 1921. Currently a major in house project to repair the tower and rehang the bells on new fittings and augment to twelve. |
John Taylor & Co. continues a line of bellfounding which has been unbroken since the middle of the 14th Century, when Johannes de Stafford was active only 10 miles from the site of the present foundry. Since 1784 the business has been in the hands of the Taylor family. In 1839 the business settled in Loughborough and is now proud to operate the largest bellfoundry in the world. Centuries of experience, together with up to the minute advances in technology, has put Taylors at the forefront in the design and manufacture of bells, their fittings and frameworks for all methods of sounding bells.
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The foundry carillon tower, home of the first Taylor carillon & the first harmonically tuned on the even tempered scale in UK. The tower is now home to an electric chime of 18 Taylor bells. We are planning to extend this chime to 3 octaves in the coming years and add a clavier. |
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| John Taylor & Co. accepts no responsibility for any guarantees, written or otherwise, by Eayre & Smith Ltd and Taylors, Eayre & Smith Ltd. | ||||
