tower bells
Steeple's ringing instruments
Tower bells are large bells housed in church steeples, clock towers, or bell towers, rung to mark time, summon worshippers, or celebrate occasions.
They differ from handbells in being stationary—the bell stays fixed while a rope swings the clapper or the entire bell.
The tower bells rang out across the village at noon.
- carillonTuned bronze bell instrument
- clapperBell's internal striker
- pealResonant ringing burst
- QuasimodoFictional deformed cathedral bellringer
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
full circle · tolling · church bell · resonance · yoke · overtone · steeple · tintinnabulation · chiming · muffling · casting · pitch · tuning · call · spire · bell ringer · clock · funeral
- bellsalarm bell, bell rope, church bell, bronze bell, cow bell
- instrumentsguitar, guitars, piano, pianos, drum
- bellfoundingbellfounding, bronze casting, carillons, clapper, clappers
- mechanical musicmusic box, barrel organ, player piano, calliope, street organ
- clock towersBig Ben, campanile, town clock, carillon, station clock
tower bellshandbells
Portable tuned percussion
sleigh bells · jingle bells · dinner bells · wind chimes · doorbells
tower bellspersonal alarm
Portable distress signal device
meditation bells · silver bells · meditation bell · singing bowl · telephone ring