bell-ringer

Also known as bell ringer

thumb|A bell-ringer at work in Palekh, Russia A bell-ringer is a person who rings a bell, usually a church bell, by means of a rope or other mechanism.

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Commons category: Bell ringers
female form of label: zvonarka
vocalized name: פַּעֲמוֹנָר
male form of label: zvonar

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13 sections

Contents

Full-circle ringing
English full-circle ringing
Bolognese full-circle ringing
Veronese full-circle ringing
Chiming
Russia
Ellacombe apparatus
Small-arc swinging
Safety
Decline
See also
References
External links

thumb|A bell-ringer at work in Palekh, Russia A bell-ringer is a person who rings a bell, usually a church bell, by means of a rope or other mechanism.

Despite some automation of bells for random swinging, there are still many active bell-ringers in the world, particularly those with an advanced ringing tradition such as full-circle or Russian ringing, which are artistic and skilled performances difficult to automate.