You might enjoy playing with this “Online composer” for the Federation Bells in Melbourne Australia. The downloadable version, called the “bell sample player” is just a Max/MSP patch that is purpose-built for the bells, including the samples as well as spatial information taken from the locations of the bells in the field in Melbourne.
There is also an Abelton sampler, but in my experience it does require some adjustments to the envelopes to sound good.
http://federationbells.com.au/play-the-bells/composing-for-the-bells