Forget the image of a hand-bell choir as middle-aged church ladies donning white linen gloves, stiffly ringing a few small silver bells on Sunday morning. The Raleigh Ringers take bell ringing to a ...

A massive and rare instrument with 49 enormous bells — some weighing 3,400 pounds — is tucked away in a grand bell tower in the city of Frederick, Maryland. Every Sunday at 12:30 p.m., the city’s only ...

UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (Singing) J-I-N-G-L-E bells. SIMON: Ah, jingle bells. Don't worry. Not going to sing along, but I would like to pose a question. How did those bells become a symbol of this season ...

Every year Handwerkplatz becomes an outdoor concert hall for a musician in a black costume and a golden phoenix mask. Sitting in a cabin, he presses baton-like keys with fists and feet, creating ...

There are drums on the beach and guitars in the streets. But there’s another sound of summer with a unique ring to it: the bells of Behrend. And crowds can listen for free during this summer's Smith ...

The taozhong, the earliest kind of bell, appeared in primitive Chinese society. It was an instrument for labouring people to play after work. The introduction of metal brought about the tongnao (a ...

Tubular Bells – Orchestral Chimes: A Pitch‑Perfect Symbol of Majesty When a crystal clear tone rises from a set of vertical brass or steel tubes, it conjures images of cathedral towers chiming on a ...