Above their tinny sound came the tongue of a heavier bell.
To swing the heavy bells requires a ringer for each bell.
That's what Brenda calls it, like a great heavy bell in her head whenever he's around.
If a larger, heavier bell is also present it would be called a bourdon.
Now his mother lifted a heavy bell, ringing it for half a minute until the whole farm filled with sound.
The word rang like a heavy bell in his mind.
The inertia of the heavy bell on the light spring would continue ringing for some seconds after the stroke.
The German authorities had stated that the tower was too weak to hang the heavy bells.
The heaviest bells range from 1,150 to 3,100 pounds.
It was the heaviest functioning bell in the world at several times in history.