Well, I don't know if tubular bells are what most music shops carry standard.
I was really into Tubular Bells in a big way!
In most orchestral music, tubular bells are used when a bell sound is called for.
In the final section of the piece, the tubular bell sounds three more times, causing the whipping players to freeze.
The vibraphone fountain and the tubular bells appear to be made of gold.
The animated television series Futuramas theme is played on tubular bells.
My brother's mate's dad also had Tubular Bells and stuff like that.
Tubular Bells stayed in the British charts for 279 weeks.
In the middle of the song, an instrumental interlude is played, with the tubular bells ringing.
Five days to learn two and a half hours of 'Tubular Bells' and other pretty involved stuff.