[ Michael Start wrote in 101024 MMDigest:

> The Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London is the best source of new bells.
> They may even have made the original set!

A friend of mine works for the Whitechapel Foundry.  In 1752 they made
the famous Liberty Bell for the Pennsylvania State House.  Whenever
the claim is made that the bell cracked because of the casting, the
company states that it cracked because of mishandling it received in
America, and repeat their standing offer: if we'll send it back to
them, in the original packaging, they'll recast it at no charge!

  http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/liberty.htm 

(Until today, it never occurred to me that they might make smaller bells
as well.)

Kip Williams
Pittsford, New York, USA

 [ A detailed history is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Bell 
 [ -- Editor