A protest against the installation of loud speakers in church belfries, which may ultimately lead to a revolt among bellingers all over the country, is being organised by the Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers, The secretary of. the Dorchester branch of the Guild, announced today that the Bishop of the diocese, Dr, Nevill Lovett, is to be asked to discourage all forms of "canned music" in his churches.
"In several parts of a huge area covered by the membership of the Guild peals which have rung for centuries are now silent," said Mr. Jennings. "The beams from which the bells hang have rotted, and no effort is being made to put them right. In the meantime the country is being flooded with propaganda for gramophone contrivances costing a few pounds, and many parishes in the diocese have succumbed to the temptation, "Some of our incumbents are Alling their churches with electrical gadgets, They are like children with a new toy. In addition to synthetic bel! there are synthetic organs, Synthetic sermons seem to be on the way, "It this craze spreads it will have a profound effect on church architecture. Old peals will fall into a state beyond repair; in new churches no provision will be made for peals, and bellringing will become a lost art,"
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