Perfect Cast Bells, Minsk, Byelorussia
—2004 Specifications
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Bells from Minsk! These bells are quite simple in design, especially in the smaller sizes, more "rough-hewn", perhaps, than those of our other foundries. They are cast in sand rather than in ceramic clay, and so they don't have the exquisite detail that can be achieved with laser-carved moulds, etc. As a set, their timbres and sonorities are especially well-matched, so despite the fact that they are meant to be "price-performers" for tiny and poor parishes, they sound quite nice. They will not win first prize at the big exhibitions, but they are definitely a delight to ring and to hear.
| No. | tone | oct | kgs | lbs | cm | in |
| 1 | E | 3rd | 2.5 | 5.5 | 16 | 6 |
| 2 | G# | 2nd | 4.0 | 8.8 | 18 | 7 |
| 3 | G | 2nd | 6.5 | 14.3 | 22 | 9 |
| 4 | B | 2nd | 8.0 | 17.6 | 22 | 9 |
| 5 | F | 2nd | 12.0 | 26.4 | 26 | 10 |
| 6 | D# | 2nd | 16.0 | 35.2 | 27 | 10.6 |
| 7 | D# | 2nd | 17.0 | 37.4 | 29 | 11.4 |
| 8 | B | 1st | 32.0 | 70.4 | 36 | 14 |
| 9 | F# | 1st | 42.0 | 92.4 | 41 | 16 |
| 10 | E | 1st | 88.0 | 194 | 53 | 21 |
| 11 | C# | 1st | 236.0 | 519 | 75 | 30 |
| 12 | F# | -1st | 330.0 | 726 | 82 | 32 |
| 13 | F | -1st | 524.0 | 1153 | 95 | 37 |
| 14 | D | -1st | 830.0 | 1826 | 112 | 44 |
| 15 | B | -2nd | 1000.0 | 2200 | 120 | 47 |
| 16 | G | -2nd | 1300.0 | 2860 | 125 | 49 |