Church bell ringing and automatic bell tower ringing applications are our specialty.
Our digital bell systems boast amazingly realistic sounds of bells. No tapes, no CD, no moving drive.
We can help shape your project around your budget and specific ringing applications.
Since 1856, McShane Bell Foundry has been producing America’s finest Church Bells, Chimes and Carillons.
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McShane Bell Company is proud to continue our tradition of producing the finest bronze church bells, peals, chimes and bell carillons for more than 164 years.
Over 300,000 McShane church bells ring out from the towers of cathedrals, church towers, municipal buildings, universities, town halls, and schools.
Our programmable digital bell systems produce the sounds of up to 64 bells at once, creating the authentic sound of large cast bells and real carillons anywhere.
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Keeping the Bells Ringing
A recent CBS This Morning story celebrated the hallowed tradition of ringing church bells and highlighted McShane Bell Company’s role in keeping the tradition alive. CBS News journalist, Dana Jacobson, shared the sound and story of the bells of St. James Episcopal Church in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. The oldest and perhaps the most historical […]
Read More +A Brief History of Church Bells in the United States
The ringing bells atop the local church have been an integral part of American history. Church bells have been used to gather townspeople for worship or government business, as well as for timekeeping to ring in the hour for work and play. Even today, church bells are used to mark special occasions in honor or […]
Read More +19th Century Bell Restored After 1980 Fire
“This is really nice. It’s meditative to ring a bell. Nice and chill.” –Christopher Powell, Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs at Temple Contemporary On September 4, 1980, the John B. Stetson Hat Factory in Philadelphia, PA went up in flames and burned to the ground. In the remains was the charred, 2500-pound clock tower […]
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