Tower Bells

The following description of the bells first appeared in the parish newsletter on 10 May 1964:

The eight bells which were dedicated last Sunday were made by the Taylor Bell Foundry of London. Each bell, in keeping with the ancient tradition which thinks of bells as having some traits of human personality, has its own name. The smallest bell, the gift of Mr. & Mrs. John F. Templeton, in memory of their daughter, is named Miriam. The second bell, given anonymously, is named Magnificat, in honor of the Virgin Mary. The third bell is the gift of Mr. & Mrs. William Bement and is named Peace. The fourth bell, in part the gift of Mr. & Mrs. Donald Shimp, is named Benedicte. The fifth bell, the gift of the Churchmen of the parish, is named St. Bede. The sixth bell, the gift of Dr. & Mrs. A.J. Walker, in memory of Edith & William Walker, is named Jubilate Deo. The seventh bell, the gift in part of Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor and in part the gift of the Siefferman family in memory of Emily Cogger Cram, is named Gloria in Excelsis. The largest bell, the gift of the Parish through the 1963 Christmas offering, is named Their Voice Is Gone Out Into All the Earth.

Their Voice Is Gone Out Into All the Earth indicates the missionary purpose of these Bells. They will sound out in our community the joy and solemnity of the Christian faith. It is fitting that Their Voice Is Gone Out Into all the Earth, the gift of the entire parish, should have been made as a Christmas offering, In Thanksgiving for God's Incarnation; just as it is fitting that the bell given by the Churchmen should be named St. Bede, for St. Bede's Church in Tucker was the first mission church organized by St. Bartholomew's and gives concrete expression to our missionary purpose.

	Technical data Electric-keyboard chime of 8 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the treble octave Transposition is a minor third Keyboard range D# - D# The whole instrument was installed in 1963 with bells made by Taylor, Loughborough, England. It was refurbished when the new nave was constructed in 1996. Year of latest technical information source is 2003
	The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA)