Bell Installation

On October 23-25, the Bells were re-installed into the tower of Grace Episcopal Church.  Our Bell contractor, Chimemaster of Ohio, installed a new bell frame, the 8 old Blake Brothers Bells, and the one newly recast bell (see previous bog post for the story of the recast bell).

The Medford Bell, once intended to be a fire bell for the City of Medford, is the largest of the 9 bells.  Here is it being raised into the tower...

Here is another movie of a bell being installed on the new frame...

Chimemaster Jeff Crook talks about the difference between the "old" and "new" bells

We are now waiting for electrical work to be completed, and then Chimmaster will return to finish the installation job.  We are currently on track to re-dedicate the bells on Sunday, November 18, 2012 after the 10:00AM service.