The Verdin Company™ has grown to become a diverse family of products — all designed to creatively enhance your community. With a legacy of innovation dating back to 1842, our brands are known the world over as leaders in their product category. They provide our customers with the craftsmanship and products to enrich communities, churches, parks, city streetscapes, and college campuses around the world — from bells, street clocks, tower clocks, bell and clock towers, to premium site furnishings.

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Interactive Music Box, ArtWorks, Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, Ohio

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Extensive community engagement helped decide the elements of the design of this artwork, funded by an NEA “Our Town” grant. Measuring 14’ high, two interactive, kinetic sculptures combine large music box elements with analog, radial Moire animations of a pulsing star, each powered by a hand crank.
Giant Foot Piano Chime, Smale Riverfront Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

Smale Riverfront Park

Scenic riverside venue with fountains, gardens, walkways, playgrounds, event lawns, restaurants, and the largest outdoor chime foot piano in the world. The “foot piano,” created by Verdin, has 32 individual chimes overhead with two and a half octaves. It’s part of the P&G go Vibrantscape, designed for people to get active in the park.
Crocker Park Custom Tower Clock, Westlake, Ohio

Custom Architectural Tower Clock

Verdin tower clock at Crocker Park in Westlake, Ohio. The…

Light Clock at Carnegie Museum of Art

The Light Clock at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland, PA. is part of a new interactive installation associated with “Lightime,” a yearlong slate of programming from the Hillman Photography Initiative. The installation is designed to measure and visualize time. Photos courtesy of Carnegie Museum of Art

A Joyful Noise

On Friday, Nov. 4, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge blessed 10 bells that will be part of the 50-bell carillon at Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh. The arrival and blessing of bells marked a joyful and significant step toward calling the faithful to worship for Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral.
Book of The Verdin Company History

Verdin to Mark 175th Anniversary

To commemorate this milestone, the company will hold celebrations over the course of the year. The special events will include open house factory tours, customer receptions, bell castings in our factory and throughout the United States with the world’s only traveling bell foundry. Guests will learn about the incredible craftsmanship and artistry that has made Verdin well known as the maker of the world’s finest bell instruments and clocks for 175 years.