In the open inventory (in the process of being made) of bell casters made by the gang of Valencian bell ringers they talk about 6 Albaidin casters
M. Porta and children (3), E. Costa (4), L. Roses and children (6)/children of L. Roses (42), L. Roses (disappeared-?-), M. Roses Santos(7 ), V. Roses (2).From L. Roses (Lorenzo) we find a file and a claim in the Municipal Archives of Albaida from the end of the 19th century.
-1884, bell casting furnace on Carrer Ereta (square)
-1887, voluntary subscription to attend to the recasting (recasting) of bells (10, 25, 50 pts.)
-1894, the city council opened a file to remove and relocate a bell melting furnace (foundry) requested by two residents of Carrer Ereta (Mrs. Monzó and Mollà) located in the square of said street and which is a danger for their homes. It is curious that the file is required without any municipal inspection or expert report having been done before. In other words, from the distance of time it seems that there may be suspicions of zero objectivity or partiality when taking the municipal resolution. But hey, let's go to the record. The owner of the foundry, Mr. L. Roses complains of not being notified and of not having enough time to defend his business and he indicates this in his claim saying that no one has gone to see it, nor have they asked him for the key, unless they have thrown the wall and entered without my permission. Mr. L. Roses also says that he has had the smelting furnace in operation for ten years and that these neighbors have never complained until now. By the way, one of the plaintiffs (Mr. Monzó) is deputy mayor of the town. The house of Mr. F. de Paula Monzó is a warehouse and factory of wax candles.
-1895, the experts called by both parties (Tomàs Bernia and Francisco Tormo) do the inspection and believe that the oven is a danger due to the flames of the fire and the high temperatures because it is open and without a cover. Unfortunately, we do not know how the file was finished and closed to remove and move the aforementioned bell melting furnace.
-1896, Mr. L. Roses, bell maker, claims from the Town the outstanding debt (345 pts.) that the council owes him, for the 3 bells cast six years earlier for the parish church (1888).
In the book "El mirador de la vall" written by 3 hands (R. Yago, A. Soler, R. Jordà) with the collaboration of a fourth (X. Tormo) that talks about Atzeneta d'Albaida, you will find a chapter on bells and their founders. In the same, Ramon Yago tells and says in the book "...any day...who were walking through the parade...they heard bells and didn't know where they came from...from the corral of one of the houses....the test rings came of a freshly baked bronze...". In those days, the bells were usually made at the base of the steeple where a furnace was installed to melt the material. At the same time, the mold was prepared and a hole was made to hang it. Then came the foundries or foundations where the smallest ones were made to be able to be transported better. Many of them loaded in the wagons of the Albaida train.
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