The peal of 10 bells was cast by John Taylor and Company in Loughborough in 1920. Since the closure of Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 2017, the firm is the only surviving dedicated bell foundry in Britain and continues trading from the same site today. Each of the bells has a Latin inscription naming a Gaelic Saint along with the bellfounder's mark.
The bells are tuned to a diatonic scale of C with the heaviest bells producing the lowest notes. The smallest bell, usually referred to as the Treble, weighs 6cwt (311kg). The heaviest bell, the Tenor, weighs 42cwt (2112kg) making Inveraray the second heaviest peal of 10 bells in the world (the heaviest being Wells Cathedral, England).
The bells are mounted on bearings with a wooden wheel which allows them to be swung through a full 360° by a bell ringer in the ringing room below. There is a clapper inside each bell which strikes the lip each time the bell rotates. This is what causes the bell to sound.
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