<P> If they went largely untuned, as the figures below suggest, perhaps an answer lies with whoever rehung them prior to Taylor's intervention in 1924. If the canons were also removed from the front bells prior to this date, is it possible that they had already been tuned as well and that only the tenor required any significant work?
<P>They are certainly a grand old-style ring, and I suppose I'm not too surprised by the revelation that not much (if any) tuning has been undertaken last century.
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<P>Michael.
<P> <B><I>David Bryant <djb122@y...></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><TT>Re. My earlier email. Here are the weights of Mancroft as received at<BR>Taylor's and as despatched, with some commentary<BR><BR>As received <BR>at Taylor's 1924 After Removed<BR><BR>1. 6-2-24 6-2-7 0-0-17<BR>2. 6-1-20 6-1-19 0-0-1<BR>3. 6-2-23 6-2-21 0-0-2<BR>4. 7-2-26 7-2-1 0-0-25<BR>5. 8-3-24 8-2-23 0-1-1<BR>6. 9-2-13 9-2-7 0-0-6<BR>7. 11-1-24 11-0-11 0-1-13<BR>8. 14-0-10 13-1-26 0-2-12<BR>9. 19-1-4 18-2-25 0-2-7<BR>10. 21-2-20 20-3-13 0-3-7<BR>11. 28-1-15 27-0-23 1-0-20<BR>12. 40-2-21 37-3-15 2-3-6<BR>6b. 10-0-0 9-3-1 0-0-27<BR><BR>In some cases, the 2nd and 3rd, the differences are so slight that<BR>nothing appears to have been done - presumably these bells had already<BR>lost their canons. In the case of the 6th, the same is probably true and<BR>the difference is due to drilling. The treble, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th,<BR>10th and 11th all lost what would be expected where canons were removed<BR>but nothing else done. Likewise, the flat 6th probably had a Doncaster<BR>Head, which would weigh about 27 lbs.<BR><BR>The tenor is far less clear. The amount removed seems a bit too much to<BR>account for canons alone, even on a bell this size. Was it also tuned<BR>slightly, and if so why it and not the others?<BR><BR>Any more to the point, if, as seems proven now I've looked more closely<BR>at the evidence (and to some extent answered my own question!), the<BR>bells were left largely untouched in 1924, why was this? Taylor's are<BR>unlikely to have left them alone by choice, particularly at this date,<BR>so I would think it likely that pressures from the local ringers or<BR>church authorities is most likely the answer. More research, as they<BR>say, is needed! The most obvious place to start is perhaps to look<BR>closely at the tenor for evidence of tuning, and ideally to see the<BR>correspondence between the foundry and the church.<BR><BR>David<BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This message was sent to you via the Bell Historians' Mailing List. To unsubscribe from the list send an email to bellhistorians-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com<BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <A href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">Yahoo! Terms of Service</A>.</TT> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br>
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