The bells of Liverpool Roman Catholic Cathedral

[melina001a]

To be honest I always thought it was a shame lyutens never got to finish his cathedral it would have been something grand and huge. It's nice cathedral they built sure but it does from an archetural point of view have some problems

[MrUNIXman]

nice sounding bells, better if they were rang to a tune or something. Wonder what happend if the clapper snapped from these bells one point.

[Read1526]

who were these cast by? they're well in tune!

[irkibby]

@Read1526 Whitechapel. He heaviest one was made deliberately heavier than the tenor at the Anglican cathedral....

[ajrawlinson1]

the 91cwt one would make a decent tenor :P lol

[MrBerni2010]

Very interesting cathedral building and beautyful sound of bells.

[topshed34a]

Well this was my Dads job putting these in, I do remember the electric motors were alway burning out due it the small wheels on them. The tenor is a nice sounding whitechapel bell but it would sound much better if it was rung without the Continental "Clatter" ruining it. Stil we all know it took the English to develop changing ring to the fine organised art that it truly is.

[StevenBlakemore1994]

I am a change ringer and this sounds a mess to me. the bells ok but the order they are striking a big mess. ARR!

[irkibby]

I agree to an extent. It sounds very impressive, what with the heaviest weighing 91cwt

[nandree1977]

@StevenBlakemore1994 It's the continental way of ringing I would say...

[captaincook71]

@StevenBlakemore1994 that's just a "normal" ringing... the melody come from this "mess" as in every tower bells of the world without a big part of anglican churches... the only problem is that the bells are too slow here :)

[clochebell]

@StevenBlakemore1994 This is not change ringing. This is the traditional way of ringing bells borrowed from the Continent and North America using counterbalanced clappers and counterbalanced yokes. The sound of the tenor bell is marvellous. You could not have any other way of ringing these bells in such an open bell tower.

[irkibby]

@clochebell Very true.

[captaincook71]

The bells are so good, but the cathedral...it gives a very big contrast with the anglican cathedral which is so beautiful !

[AtomicMonster454]

Ugly cathedral.

[sanctus100]

I´m astonished! No "change ringing"? Sounds not bad...

[captaincook71]

I think there not often change ringing in our catholic churches. I thing it's an anglican speciality (?).

[Orgelix]

Interesting bellfry! What a big modern church :-) 5*

[DennisWubs]

Jammer dat de klokken aan zulke diepe krukassen hangen. De grote luidklok is prachtig ondanks dat hij aan een krukas hangt. *****

[GIACOMOCARILLON]

grandissime

[mjgriff74]

Coventry cathedral has a lot to be thankful for! lol They don't sound bad but if rung in peel I'm sure they'd sound much better. Are they rung regularly? Did you get to flick the switch? lol How heavy is the tenor?

[timmeh1507]

they are Mears & Stainbank bells from the 1960s I think, and the tenor is about 92 cwt. They'd sound better if they were in an actual tower!

[irkibby]

I liked the way they were randomly stuck on the outside almost like an afterthought. They are good though the 3rd is a pot.

[timmeh1507]

sounds fine to me! the tenor is actually listed in the big bells bit in the back of Dove - it's named Matthew and weighs 91-2-6.

[irkibby]

So the others are probably Luke Mark and John...