{"product_id":"handmade-bell-for-small-church-16kg-20year-warranty","title":"Handmade bell for small church 16kg 50year warranty","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrass bell for small and medium chapels No. 12\u003cbr\u003eNo. 1 quality in metal, durability and sound worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e50-year warranty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCast from brass, 29 cm ( 11,41 inch) in diameter and 16 kilos in weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuitable for small chapels with a delicate sound and can be heard at a distance of 1500 meters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt all starts with the soil, specially selected to withstand high temperatures of up to 2500 degrees Celsius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe soil is sieved to remove stones and grass, then wetted and rubbed until it becomes soft like powder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the molds are placed in special iron pieces called panteftia. We slowly pour the soil and hit it so that it becomes stone, hugging the mold all around, giving shape to the soil from the mold we placed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen we open the pantefti, carefully remove the bell and the design from the bell remains. We place the loop needed to hang the sistro and set fire to burn the soil so that all the moisture is gone, a critical point that requires a lot of attention to get a good result when pouring the metal into the pantefti in the next stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe furnace (oven) is lit, with special coal the temperature gradually rises within half an hour to 1000 degrees. The copper melts quickly and the funnel is filled within 1 hour with molten metal which, with the appropriate impurities, is converted into ore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe close the furnace tightly and raise the temperature to 2500 degrees so that the metal boils.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce the mixture is ready, we carefully scoop the metal with spoons and pour it into the molds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe process is over, half an hour later the panteftia open and the new bells appear, with a lot of dirt around them stuck to the bells.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey are carefully cleaned with a brush and then they are passed through the lathe. There they are filed and with surgical movements we extract the notes of the sound that each bell has individually.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA loud sound, which sounds heavy with a long duration, something that helps the sound to travel hundreds of meters away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the process of printing and casting the molds that give birth to new bells ready for all domestic animals around the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in Greece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Brass — exceptional durability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efree shipping to USA \u0026amp; worldwide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 year warranty on the hardware\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReturn within 14 days if you are not satisfied\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galanopoulos bells","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57506668773711,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0998\/6801\/6975\/files\/Photoroom_20251204_203507_4273f772-614e-486d-a4a8-6584f4b9ba3d.jpg?v=1776602051","url":"https:\/\/galanopoulosbells.myshopify.com\/bg\/products\/handmade-bell-for-small-church-16kg-20year-warranty","provider":"Galanopoulos bells","version":"1.0","type":"link"}