1. The Peal on Saturday evening in preparation for the Sunday's chief Service, as well as on Sunday morning a quarter to a half hour before worship, consists of one or two bells. The Plenum (all bells) is rung at the beginning of the Service. If there are more than three bells, the largest bell is reserved for major festivals.
2. On Maundy Thursday the Plenum is rung at the Gloria in Excelsis, but thereupon the bells remain silent until the Gloria in Excelsis of the Easter Vigil.
3. Only the Domina (the largest bell) is rung on Good Friday, if any bell is to be rung at all.
4. Only one of the bells is rung for baptisms and weddings on weekdays.
5. Throughout the week the prayer bell is rung morning, noon, and evening, together with the toll of a larger bell.
6. The use of the proper bell at the Lord's Prayer, Sanctus, and baptism will call the attention of those present and absent to the importance of these liturgical elements.
7. The Plenum is rung on New Year's Eve for no more than ten minutes.
8. Every Friday throughout the year the death bell (Scheideglocke( is tolled at 3:00 P.M. (but in some places at 11:00 A.M.) in remembrance of the Lord's death.
9. At death the Plenum is never rung, only the Domina, if it is considered the death bell. Otherwise the prayer bell is used.
10. The congregation decides the details of the regulations of the bell ringing, and every attempt should be made to help everyone to understand the use of the bells.
Taken from an article by Walter Reindell entitled "Die Glocken der Kirche," in Leiturgie IV, Kassel, 1961, p.875 f.
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