campanologist:
(plural: ‘campanologists‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king”, and the letter ‘g’ is said with a ‘j’ sound as in “judge” — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
“campaña” in Latin = ‘bell’
a person who is an expert in making bells and a person who studies the sounds and ringing of bells, called campanology,
a campanologist at work
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Most people are confused between a bell ringer and a campanologist: a bell-ringer is a person who rings bells, usually the church bells, and a campanologist is a person who knows how to make bells and how to maintain them. However, as campanology includes the art of ringing bells, a person who can ring bells in different notes can also be called a campanologist.
For an informative article on a popular campanologist, please click here.
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