American Bell Association® (ABA)

We are a network of bell collectors, enthusiasts, researchers, bell ringers, carillonneurs, artisans, manufacturers, technicians and dealers. Learn more about bells and connect with hundreds of members of the ABA.

Things ABA members collect and research:

• A bell with a clapper that makes a sound, made of any material, including such things as volcanic ash, or wood, or beads, etc. etc.
• Any size bell, from tiny jewelry to the largest church bell. (The carillon people generally “collect” by doing research, visiting, playing, etc, but we have some members with large collections of locomotive bells or other large bells.)
• Bells an animal would wear.
• Bells or chimes that sound when the wind blows.
• Bells that a mechanism makes ring (bell pushes, servant bells).
• Toys with a bell attached.
• Looks like a bell but makes no sound (e.g. smoke bells).
• Doesn’t look like a bell but does sound like a bell (e.g. Chinese baoding balls or Russian roly-poly dolls.)
• It can be new, old or ancient