Bob Brosamer with used church bells

Bob Brosamer with some of his stock of used church bells

A true church bell is found in a steeple, and is used to call the faithful to service on Sunday mornings, to announce weddings, and to toll at funerals.

The size of a typical church bell is 28" and greater, and the weight is 400 lbs. and up. Most of them are cast bronze, and have a deep rich tone. You just cannot get a church bell sound out of a small bell, smaller bell sounds are associated with a small chapel or school.

Our complete swinging church bells come with yoke, clapper, wheel, A frame stands, and a toller (if desired) We can also sell you JUST the bell, and it can be electrified to ring remotely. (we have to send them out for the electric) BUT most of our customers prefer the old fashioned rope pull method of ringing the bell.

We do not offer electronic bell sounds. Or, as some call them, singing bells etc. WE only deal in REAL bells, real bells have been rung for thousands of years, and will never go out of style or have parts that have been discontinued. I have heard lots of complaints from churches that were not satisfied with their recorded bell sound systems. It seems when something breaks down they can no longer get parts, Like computers, they are out of date or change models real fast. A real bell when rung properly will last for ever, and always be in style.

We do not have any spare church bell parts to sell, sorry.
If you have a church bell for sale, or want to trade one in - WE BUY BELLS. Check out our We Buy Bells page for details.

For more information, please call us
at our new toll-free number:

888-592-3557

Below are some of our current stock of church bells for sale.
Click on the small photos to see them enlarged.


1A461 1A463 SOLD!
1A461
29 inch 1885 Cast Bronze Meneely complete
1A463
34 inch 1910 Meneely cast bronze from a E Howard clock
 
SOLD! SOLD! 1A470
    1A470
27 inch 1870 Jones cast bronze bell
A044 A116 A195
A044
41 inch J. Register & Sons Baltimore Bell Foundry
A116
48 inch Jones cast bronze bell dated 1870
A195
37 inch Blake formally Hooper, cast in 1872, in as found condition
A196 A222 A223
A196
51 inch Blake formally Hooper, cast in 1873. Bell alone weighs 2,400 lbs. Has wheel (not shown)
A222
43 inch Fulton 1891 bell only
A223
42 inch McShane dated 1885 bell only
A232 A233 A301
A232
41 inch Meneely dated 1914
A233
42 inch Mc Shane dated 1884 with Historical inscriptions on bell
A301
30 inch VanDuzen dated 1891
A370 A379  
A370
28 inch Doolittle dated 1815 (RARE)
A379
33 inch McShane dated 1888
 
A387 A390 A429
A387
32 inch RARE Aspinwall dated 1837 Mission Bell
A390
43 inch Bronze Meneely Bell
A429
38 inch Stuckstede with bolt and clapper -Like new
A432 A438 A467
A432
A complete Cast Iron Church Bell
A438
Set of 2 Stuckstede Bells - 41 inch - 35 inch
A467
31 inch 1881 cast bronze Jones
A468 A493 A494
A468
33 inch 1878 cast bronze Meneely
A493
29inch McShane 1889
A494
29inch Meneely 1885
A495 A496  
A495
32inch VanDuzen 1910
A496
28inch Meneely 1914
Restored Meneely Church Bell A complete restored Meneely Church Bell with all hardware

Below is a chart you can use to calculate the size of a given bell and the size of the supporting frame for it. The data was copied from a Meneely Bell catalog

Meneely Bell size chart

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