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Old 05-14-17 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jrickards
Does anyone have any recommendations? It doesn't have to be different that these style of dinger, maybe the Filzer is just poorly put together, it is the cheapest of these three.
Generally the loudest bells are the rotary 2-dome bells common in China and now generally available in the US. Best sounding bells are brass bells, with examples mentioned in the thread. Historically the best commercially available bell, combining the two, has been the Lucas King of the Road bell


My own combination of different bells, to arrive at an optimum



sounds like this. My next choice after 2-dome brass is a Chinese rotary 2-dome bell.
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