Malmark introduced a new concept in handbell design and performance through the use of aluminum for the castings of its bass bells. This not only reduced the weight to about half of the bronze, but it also provided a strong fundamental tone. This made it practical and musically desirable to expand the range of bass bells down to G1.
Bass Bell Cradles, designed and sold exclusively by The Raleigh Ringers’, consist of a block shaped strip of foam slightly longer than the diameter of a bass bell, about an inch and a half wide and high. One long…
(given in memory of Sondra Thompson) Ring Sarasota’s primary instruments. Spanning from two octaves below Middle C to three octaves above Middle C, this 62-bell set was manufactured by Malmark, Inc., of Plumsteadville, Pennsylvania. The bells are cast in…
