[Avodah] Is a Bell Definitely Mukze?

[Arie Folger]

Dear Ovedim and Ovedot,

In OC338, BY prohibits all *musically* *intended* sounds made through
the agency of any object.

Ramo goes further, and prohibits all sound productions through the
agency of an object, including non-musical sounds. Taz extends this to
the bells on a mantle of a Torah scroll.

However, Arukh haShul'han finds all that excessive, and seems to follow BY.

Unsurprisingly, Mishnah Verurah goes with Ramo's stringency. Shemirat
Shabbat keHilkhato rules like Ramo, with the exception of a person who
is ill and needs assistance, even when such assistance does not
represent a great pressing need (for the great pressing need of
relieving oneself, he allows using an electronic button through a
shinui, because of gadol kevod haberiyot, but for lesser needs, he
allows the use of a bell).

I wonder, did any Ashkenazi poskim cite Arukh haShul'han approvingly
in this matter?

Kind regards,
-- 
Arie Folger,
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