Editing Westminster Abbey (section)

===Bells===
There have been bells at the abbey since at least the time of Henry III, and the current bells were installed in the north-west tower in 1971.{{sfn|Trowles|2008|p=123}} The [[ring of bells|ring]] is made up of ten bells, hung for [[change ringing]], which were cast in 1971 by the [[Whitechapel Bell Foundry]] and tuned to the musical notes F#, E, D, C#, B, A, G, F#, E and D. The tenor bell in D (588.5&nbsp;Hz) has a weight of 30[[Hundredweight|&nbsp;cwt]], 1[[Quarter (unit)|&nbsp;qtr]], 15&nbsp;lb (3,403&nbsp;lb, or 1,544&nbsp;kg).<ref name="Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers">{{Cite web |title=Westminster, Greater London, Collegiate Ch of S Peter |url=https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=westminster&numPerPage=10&Submit=++Go++&searchAmount==&searchMetric=cwt&sortBy=Place&sortDir=Asc&DoveID=WESTMINS+A |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816141344/https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=westminster&numPerPage=10&Submit=++Go++&searchAmount=%253D&searchMetric=cwt&sortBy=Place&sortDir=Asc&DoveID=WESTMINS+A |archive-date=16 August 2019 |access-date=6 March 2023 |website=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers}}</ref> Two additional service bells were cast by Robert Mot in 1585 and 1598, and a [[Church bell#Sanctus bell|sanctus bell]] was cast in 1738 by [[Richard Phelps (bellfounder)|Richard Phelps]] and Thomas Lester. Two bells are unused; one was cast {{circa|1320|lk=yes}}, and the second was cast in 1742 by Thomas Lester.<ref name="Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers" /> The Westminster Abbey Company of Ringers ring [[peal]]s on special occasions, such as the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickson |first=Annabelle |date=2011-04-28 |title=Royal Wedding: Norwich Man To Ring The Bells At Westminster Abbey |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/21144078.royal-wedding-norwich-man-ring-bells-westminster-abbey/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028152835/https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/21144078.royal-wedding-norwich-man-ring-bells-westminster-abbey/ |archive-date=2023-10-28 |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Eastern Daily Press |language=en}}</ref>