Campanology It encompasses the technology of bells – how they are founded , tuned and rung – as well as the history, methods, and traditions of bellringing as an art. [2] It is common to collect together a set of tuned bells and treat the whole as one musical instrument . Such collections – such as a Flemish carillon , a Russian zvon , or an English " ring of bells " used for change ringing – have their own practices and challenges; and campanology is likewise the study of perfecting such instruments and composing and performing music for them. A bell In this sense, however, the word campanology is most often used in reference to relatively large bells, often hung in a tower. It is not usually applied to assemblages of smaller bells, such as a glockenspiel , a collection of tubular bells , or an Indonesian gamelan . Etymology and definition [ edit ] Campanology is a...
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