I agree with what
Esty said here to
shadowfax
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Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar
Interesting historical facts, shadowfax! Maybe a chapter on the use of bells in Tolkien's works would be a further project - though I'm not sure that there's enough written besides the mere mention of their use.
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I can think offhand of two cities or towns Tolkien said were famous for their bells. In
The Silmarillion, Chapter 1 said that '
when Valinor was full-wrought and the mansions of the Valar were established, in the midst of the plain beyond the mountains they built their city, Valmar of many bells'. Was their maker Aulė, I wonder? Whoever made them, I'm sure that those bells must have been wonderful to hear, their sound staying in the memories of those Elves who returned to Middle-earth, and presumably getting into the historical record.
A second place is that of Dale, as described in
The Hobbit. While Thorin spoke in Chapter 1 of its bells being used as a warning of Smaug's attack: '
By that time all the bells were ringing in Dale and the warriors were arming', that city is also later mentioned in Chapter 3 as being known for its bells, Elrond being '
grieved to remember the ruin of the town of Dale and its merry bells'.