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Answer for the clue "Bell ringer ", 13 letters:
percussionist

Word definitions for percussionist in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a musician who plays percussion instruments

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"player of a percussion instrument," 1921, from percussion + -ist .

Usage examples of percussionist.

Dominique Messier, bassist Marc Langis, and percussionist Paul Picard.

He held up his bow and nodded to his musicians, a collection of stringed instruments, a pair of percussionists, and three men playing flutes of various sizes.

The composition was more of a succession of solos rather than a symphony, with passages for string instruments, then for woodwinds, while the percussionists went their own way, resonating with the rest of the orchestra while still sounding independent of it.