Great George of Bristol ringing for the Diamond Jubilee

[@XY_Dude]

What a gorgeous, ominous tone. Earplugs won’t stop THAT amount of sound!!

[@chadbeverly4926]

This gives a whole new meaning to hand rung

[@benbisley]

As a medical student in Bristol I loved to hear this bell.

[@Peyethon]

It sounds amazing!

[@adrianaaguilar7298]

0 a 9

[@TopUKPhotographer]

Great to see this! I love oddities like this.

[@austinreitan1179]

GUY 1: GOOD JOB HARRY! BELL RINGER: WHAT!

[@theboywhodroveaway7954]

Nice profile pic btw!

[@brianthesnail3815]

I stood next to the bells being rung in Worcester Cathedral (WITH EAR DEFENDERS!) once when all 12 bells were ringing and my rib cage began to shake because a rib cage matches the shape of a bell and begins to resonate in unison with one of the harmonics of the bells. Can't imagine being stood next to a nearly ten tonne bell being rung let alone swinging it by hand. I ring church bells with a rope in the normal way but by hand looks actually quite risky and loud.

[@ringerowen4039]

Brian theSnail I’m going there this sunday to ring them

[@flippogamr9522]

@@ringerowen4039 cool

[@mittagsglocke]

Awesome bell and wonderful video! I like it! :-)

[@irkibby]

There might be a bit more potential, but not much. That clapper is hitting the bell harder than it looks. Plus, In this case, the bell could not hang from a straighter headstock as the tower would not hold that sort of force.

[@hervatianimation3710]

Great George in Bristol Sounded Like Big Ben in London

[@Steven_Rowe]

Love it , thanks for that a Great recording. It is always rung from the pit or has there ever been a rope on it. I can remember seeing Great Paul rung by hand in 1963. the rope came down each side of the wheel so effectively two ropes. Also it rang almost up to frame height which it doesn't do now.

[@LongboatLtd2004]

Usually it is rung with a rope, but sometimes with the wheel itself

[@bigbenpro3693]

There used to be a rope they don’t use it anymore

[@tatsuhirosato9498]

As ringer myself, I am so far removed from UK by great distance (8'000 or so km). I would LOVE opportunity to join this band or tem upon coming to UK again (I am from Switzerland originally, but among other places in Europe and Asia, I do indeed have heavy amount of British ancestry)) thus to ring this bell (as perhaps other two (or more?) Great George. I don't know situation if this is highly coveted, or opportunity available for those of sincere interest (such as myself).

[@gwencherin8268]

The sounds look cool 🙂

[@BonafideToolJunkie]

Mesmerizing.

[@mikeinsf]

Good job!

[@stevejewell2175]

That is hard work

[@rondamico7802]

Wow it amazes me that the big clapper does not crack it.

[@phoenixbells]

why should it?

[@jayjohnson2919]

@@phoenixbells Why are you so worried?

[@phoenixbells]

@@jayjohnson2919 I´m not worried - that clapper was dimensioned right for this bell

[@beans6242]

I think the pitch of the be bell is E0

[@ptfslandingsandvlogs9481]

Probably Es0

[@Astro7bl]

Just like big Ben sound? ​@@ptfslandingsandvlogs9481

[@StevenBlakemore1994]

that bell is huge, but the tower is massive! :-) pity there wasn't a nice ring of bells to go with great George.

[@kevinsims2254]

And/or a carillon

[@irkibby]

They stopped using the rope. It came off the rope horizontally and went over a pulley to direct it into what was literally a broom cupboard. the friction of rope and pulley meant far more effort was required to ring him that way.

[@ingridfelicio6997]

I love Sinos!!!

[@sakraangelmainecooncattery1118]

Nice edit!

[@Engerlingraucher]

Taylor: the best!!!

[@erikmeidoorn1745]

Yes Sir Thats my Baby Jazzsong from 1924 The same year off the George Bellfound

[@LongboatLtd2004]

This is *only* an opinion: my favorite foundry is Gillett & Johnston

[@ThomasFan1465]

How did they even get the bell in that tower by the way? I bet moving it was a nightmare!

[@irkibby]

bristolbells.weebly.com/other-bells-m-z.html#uni there's a photo on this page

[@campanerosdelaltoojaezcara6761]

Great!!!

[@cristobalorozco3678]

No te entiendo

[@kevinsims2254]

It’s a semitone higher than Peace (Rangimarie), the bourdon of the National War Memorial Carillon In Wellington. It weighs 12.5 tonnes…carillon has 74 bells and is World’s third heaviest

[@1988deef]

Wow! What a big bell!

[@glockenkanale]

Oh, very special!

[@Wildlifesupernannyfan]

This is how 13.7 ton Big Ben would look and sound if it was a swinging bell. Such a beautiful giant. 🔔

[@andropk5]

Yeah, and if it wasn't cracked :D

[@patrickmeyer2802]

why do they swing the bell like that? almost reminds me of east bergholt.

[@glockenkanale]

Yes, you're right. :-)

[@Trancecub]

The U-shaped headstock and the Counterweight-clapper are castrating the Bell. There´s much more Potential in it.

[@ReignTeves]

Good. Bell. Ever. Great. George. Bell. The man that. Ring The. Giant. Bell. Ever. And. The. Clapper is. Moving. Slow. Motion and. Loud. Bell is in. Church

[@ReignTeves]

In. 9/5. Tons

[@ANDREWLEONARDSMITH]

This must be the largest manually rung bell in the uk.Looks the same as Great paul.

[@irkibby]

The largest manually rung bell in the UK is Great George at Liverpool, at 15 tons however that bell isnt swung but the clapper is brought up to strike the bell. There's also Great Peter of York, about a ton heavier than this bell, rung by rope.

[@AshleyMonck]

irkibby Great George swings just a bit every time the clapper hits it

[@irkibby]

Ashley Monck but they aren't swinging the bell itself are they?

[@AshleyMonck]

irkibby No

[@xl7.cernne]

Ashley Monck it looks big

[@erikmeidoorn1745]

Beauty Thick Tower

[@kyletheringer]

I want to ring that bell once

[@pikusoldier1232]

Its now Ring eletrically? But did you know it's now manualy rung like great paul?

[@AshleyMonck]

No this bell is still rung manually. Great Paul is electrically rung but the mechanisms are broken and has been silent for years

[@kyletheringer]

@@AshleyMonck I’m going to fix it so great Paul will ring again in 2025

[@RingerPeter]

@@kyletheringer your probably too young to fix that. You would have to be experienced.

[@kyletheringer]

@@RingerPeter I am going to give St. Paul’s cathedral the money to fix it stop acting like ringer Jake please

[@RingerPeter]

@@kyletheringer when you say your going to give them money, sounds like your rich😂😂 plus I'm just stating the obvious. Not at all being like jake.

[@campanerosdelaltoojaezcara6761]

great !!!

[@Trancecub]

What is the Pitch of this bell? Sounds like F0

[@LongboatLtd2004]

E0 (#metoo)

[@FurbyGaming125]

5:14 Now I C People

[@beans6242]

Great....

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

Was it rung at the time of 2012 Olympic Games?

[@sirlenealves2748]

he have 9.5 tons

[@c-pla5-g251]

Dude, you can literally get horrible muscle pains from swinging a real-heavy bell.

[@vaniacorreia5584]

Este sino e jigante

[@michaelthehoneyvlog4429]

IT WILL LOST WEIGHT WHEN YOU DO THAT

[@sooth15]

NICE!

[@britainluver431]

No the biggest bell in Switzerland weighs about 2-3 hundred kilograms than this bell. But they are pretty much the same size.

[@lindathrall5133]

I've watched a movie the Hunchback of Notre Dame Quasimodo had each one of the church bells named and he had a way of talking to the bells

[@SantaRudolph-ef6lv]

This bell hasn’t got a rope.

[@NimbusX-s3p]

It had a rope back then, but they removed the rope from the bell

[@beans6242]

It mast take a lot of force to push that big bell...

[@Goldflexagon]

Well, the tune's a bit monotonous (literally!) but a great initiative and something a bit different for the Jubilee. Nice to see you working so hard, Claire! Bet you needed those ear muffs. What's this bell rung for normally? And for how long is it usually rung?

[@Benicio_Fols]

Nice

[@friedmanirit]

My future job.

[@vivatchristvsrex2663]

Edaan Friedman my current job

[@bloodmike18]

Sell my korean bronze bell of king songdok

[@JointedStudios]

I feel like this bell fits for coventry cathedral, but there's only one bell tower

[@tonitighe4008]

I’d love to ring Great George with ear protection

[@unitedfan209]

Where are those bell in

[@fartwell2000]

Just searched for it myself, six people swinging it up-and yes, it does seem to be a shile of pite....

[@irkibby]

@Jakub Zawadziński What?

[@haslinabdulhamid5787]

How did you get under the bell

[@kyletheringervlogs4288]

He didn't he put the camera near it if he did go under it then he would of crouched

[@CopperheadAirsoft]

How loud is it?

[@kyriosi2966]

AirsoftGamer TV *LOUDER THAN A POOP*

[@noahmeme2]

Louder than an indoor concert.

[@michaelthehoneyvlog4429]

LOUDER THAN SHIP HORN

[@LongboatLtd2004]

Louder than Ear Rape

[@j_y06]

Loud like speaker systems but on a high setting.

[@CBF1]

This bell's now an entire century old as of 2024, I'm posting this in February but this year IS indeed it's centennial. Last year was Petersglocke's centennial... Next year will be the centennial of York Minster's change ringing belfry, in 2027 Great Peter of York Minster's centennial, in 2028 the 150th for the change ringing belfry in St Paul's cathedral...

[@iopgod]

He did have a rope 10 years ago when I last rang... it wasnt very effective though, so I can see why they might have taken it away!

[@connorrvuuu]

We need to pay for the funerals for the people who watched this video with headphones one R.I.P All Headphone Users ????-2018

[@michaelelia8066]

XD

[@raramosbellsofficial2119]

no its have an head phone users

[@michaelthehoneyvlog4429]

Wow

[@lillylouise5353]

they must be strong to manualy swing a 2.9 ton bell for 20mins i would not have the guts to do that as i would probs be to nervouse to do it if the smacker or what ever its called at the bottem of the ball part of it wacked me a tiny bit

[@periquitovalenciaelmusic9593]

I think it is heavier than that.

[@variatiekanaal4468]

Lilly Louise The bell is 9.5 tons, not 2.9 tons.

[@lillylouise5353]

Variatie Kanaal thanks for correcting me as I thaught it was 2.9

[@jaredgalan5892]

5:33 he just hold the cloper

[@glockenkanale]

If there would be a ring, the tower will collapse.....

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

NO ear protection for the bystanders in the background.

[@shantalllopez6421]

que Bella canpana

[@ff66ii]

is that lady in the background wearing ear muffs or what?????

[@rafialiprosser9909]

I think she is wearing ear plugs

[@erikloggen6340]

beauty bell 5*****

[@Altezza1999]

Big ben weighs 4 tons more and it sounds very similar.

[@RingerPeter]

Big Ben weighs 13.7 tonnes

[@Wildlifesupernannyfan]

You are right. The 13.7 tonne bell sounds similar.

[@glockenkanale]

I think he only wants a modern bell, and not a bell of the 1400's.

[@clochebell]

Much easier to ring the bell when in counterbalanced clapper mode.

[@benormerod860]

It Looks a Little Bit Like Big Ben

[@bellringer22]

Yes it does but big Ben is a lot heavier great George weighs 9.5 tonnes big Ben weights 13.7 tonnes

[@spg1211]

But it really makes me angry, when someone calls the bell "pisspot" or something bad... No bell deserves to be called that... Every bell is somethig special, and no bell is same to another.. So for end all we want of you is a little respet to other bells and kinds of bell ringing @fartwell2000 Zykmund is really vary good :-D

[@joeritchie7286]

Beast

[@paint_the_town_red_game]

Biggest bell

[@elizabethtriningsih8084]

the of bell one

[@irkibby]

@ff66ii Yes.

[@Fox1997-w6k]

Kind of sounds like the beginning of Hells bells from AC/DC

[@OfficialMichaelTheCollector]

THAT SOUNDS LIKE BIG BEN

[@Frozendragon1990]

Woah

[@fonfon3965]

Big Ben sound

[@glockenkanale]

The pitch is E0.

[@USA_needs_oil965]

Like from maria gloriosa?

[@irkibby]

London.

[@toptierramirez915]

HELLS BELLS

[@nessunoanomino4506]

bello!?

[@lasrazapitbull.bolivar2660]

🎉

[@cougarsteis]

It kinda sounds like Big Ben

[@kyletheringer]

Mr. Suicide's Bro it does not sound like big Ben different bells and they have different sounds

[@LongboatLtd2004]

It actually sounds a bit like Big Ben (the famous bourdon), believe it or not.

[@j_y06]

kyle the ringer Slow Assh..........

[@bigbenpro3693]

ʝαу ʝαм6 I’m the same person as Kyle the ringer and what were you saying to me in that censored word

[@kyletheringer]

@@j_y06 well what did you say to me in that censored word

[@kevtherobloxplayer8840]

RIP HEAD PHONE USER'S

[@vanessale3542]

The Unversity of Bristol great George bell Bristol uk 🛎

[@vanessale3542]

Bristol is untied kingdom 🇬🇧 england🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bristol

[@dennisgreenwood92]

'God Save the Queen?' Well he made a reyt bollocks o' that!

[@baransari1147]

Tone: es°

[@kyletheringer]

im ringing at Bolton le sands holy trinity Wednesday im going to get a vid of me ringing 1 of the bells the great George of Bristol way

[@irkibby]

Please be safe

[@kyletheringer]

@@irkibby dont worry i will ill be making sure its safe first before i do it

[@spg1211]

...unlike me, yours even tears aren' t...

[@mtomines]

PUT TWO TIMES SPEED

[@erikmeidoorn1745]

Striking Tone e0

[@pascalmincke6427]

erik meidoorn17

[@mtomines]

BELL RINGER EARRAPE WARNING - PLEASE WEAR HEADPHONES USERS

[@irkibby]

Who would have expected a 9 ton bell to be loud

[@stjepanmarkofranc6538]

Tone is e°

[@erikmeidoorn1745]

Yes Sir Thats Ist

[@erikloggen6340]

Exact glockenstuhl Drolshagen

[@phoenixbells]

nee.....