[Avodah] Is a Bell Definitely Mukze?

[Arie Folger]

RMB wrote:
>: I wonder, did any Ashkenazi poskim cite Arukh haShul'han
>: approvingly in this matter?
>
> Someone must, or are there no bells on the kesarim on the
> sifrei Torah in your shul? Common practice (across most
> Eastern European and Sepharadi qehillos, if not across the
> board) is not like the Taz.
>
> (Anyway, some of us hold the AhS to be poseiq acharon
> and not require the support you seek anyway.)

Note that I did not suggest anyone rules like TaZ. It was AhS vs.
Ramo. The posseq a'haron (or rather, peissek acharein in this case
;-)) is nice, but I am wondering about citations now. To put it
differently, would you now unquestionably use a bell on Shabbos, as
long as you do not intend to form a melody or rythm?
-- 
Arie Folger,
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