Campanas y Relojes Rosas is a family firm with a long tradition of bell-founding. The saga of founders goes back to the 17th century in the Albaida area, between Valencia and Murcia, traditionally known for bell-making. The Torredonjimeno foundry has been functioning continuously since 1880.

The… restoration and manufacture of bells and accessories (yokes or headstocks, clappers, swinging hammers, bell controllers and drives) are currently their main activities. They also make other devices such as clocks and chimes.

When manufacturing bells they make a special mould consisting in turn of three vessels. The first is the male mould made with “lost wax”, a traditional technique involving a clay and straw cast forming a negative of the inside of the bell. The second vessel is the “false bed”, a wax reproduction of the bell on which ornaments, figures and inscriptions are engraved. These often include the foundry mark. The third mould or vessel is called capa. Once this has been formed thickly enough to resist the pressure exerted by liquid bronze, the wax of the false bed is melted, leaving a gap into which the bronze is poured.

Although the bell type they make most is the regular esquilón bell, the commonest sort in Andalusia, they make various bell styles for different regions of Spain and other countries.