In the early 1920s, P.T. Barnum, the great showman whose name is usually associated with circuses and side shows, brought hand bell ringing to the United States after hearing a bell choir in England.

The lovely melody of chimes ringing outside my window is one of those small yet valued pleasures I really enjoy. Last year due to some construction, I relocated my chimes from their anchor at the ...

JOANETES, Spain — Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. Clang-clong!

'I am the voice of life; I call you: Come and learn,' reads the inscription on one of four bells in the Hayes Hall clock tower BUFFALO, N.Y. — After a hiatus of several years, the beautiful, stately ...