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Big Wilf’s velcro-fastening church bell muffles

We are the leading church bell muffle manufacturer based in the UK.

Features:

• All muffles are tailor-made for the weight of bell and size/shape of clapper
• Made from 2.0, 2.8, 4.0, 5.0 or 6.0 mm veg-tanned leather hide with bull hide tops all stitched and glued
• Industrial rivets used for a secure long-lasting product
• Industrial strength velcro fastening (we do not offer elastic straps for muffles as it degrades over time)
• All muffles guaranteed against workmanship for 2 years
• Anti-slip coating to be applied on clappers (available separately)

Prices

• Half muffles for bells
  • up to 25cwt - £35.75 each (£42.90 inc VAT) (one-piece all metal clappers)
  • over 25cwt – price on application
  • for all wooden-shafted or composite clappers - £58.33 each (£70.00 inc VAT)
• Secondary muffles (for full muffling) *
  • for bells up to 25cwt - £31.25 each (£37.50 inc VAT) (one-piece all metal clappers)
  • over 25cwt – price on application
  • for wooden-shafted or composite clappers - £41.67 each (£50.00 inc VAT)
• Unusual shaped clappers requiring bespoke solutions – price on application

Next day carriage on all orders is £8.20 (£9.84 inc VAT).

All of our muffles are eligible expenditure under the Listed Places of Worship Scheme for a grant to the value of the VAT charged.

Due to the increasing cost of materials the above prices will be held for all orders raised prior to 10th November 2023.

Please see our measuring clappers page under ordering, for the shapes of muffles we can offer muffles to fit.

* you will need to have our half muffles with velcro straps for the secondary muffles to attach. Without the half muffles, there is no way of attaching the secondary muffles to a clapper.

All complete sets of new muffles are supplied in a complimentary embroidered storage bag with carrying strap.

Double set of muffles for Chester Cathedral.

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Video/Audio Clips

Ringing with Big Wilf’s muffles:

Half muffled call changes at Lustleigh, Devon [ YouTube clip].

Half muffled ringing at St Mary’s Basilica, Sydney [ YouTube clip].

Stedman Doubles (half muffled) at Rodbourne Cheney, Swindon [ YouTube clip].

Fully muffled ringing from St Mary’s, Barton upon Humber to commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War [ YouTube clip].

The back ten at St Mary le Tower, Ipswich, ringing Grandsire Caters on 11 November 2013 [ YouTube clip].

The new twelve at Great St Mary, Cambridge [ YouTube clip].

Try-out of new muffles at St Mary’s, Southampton [ YouTube clip].

The bells of Llandaff Cathedral, Remembrance Sunday 2015 [ M4A file, 2Mb].

The bells of St Erme, Cornwall, ringing Grandsire Doubles (recorded by Eric Bannister) [ MP3 file, 1.06Mb].

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