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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Waltham Abbey and Shrewsbury (both 1914, a=
lthough=20
at Waltham some old bells were reused) have light front ends, with trebles =
under=20
5 cwt. Pontefract have proportionally the lightest front end of any Taylor =
ring=20
I know of. I agreee they're superb!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Taylor's front ends of tens and 12s were a=
t their=20
lightest from about 1910 until 1920, although not all bells cast in this pe=
riod=20
have light front ends, perhaps surprisingly. In the early 1920s they went t=
o the=20
other extreme, and rings such as Oldham (1922) have quite heavy front=20
ends.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>David</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=3Daaspland@y... href=3D"mailto:aaspland@y...">Andr=
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Aspland</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">Bellhistorians</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 21, 2002 =
10:50=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] FW: Lig=
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Front Bells</DIV>
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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Andrew Aspland=20
[mailto:aaspland@s...]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 19 February 2002=20
19:09<BR><B>To:</B> Bellhistorians<BR><B>Subject:</B> FW: Light Front=20
Bells<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> aaspland=20
[mailto:aaspland@s...]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 17 February 2002=20
19:16<BR><B>To:</B> Bellhistorians<BR><B>Subject:</B> Light Front=20
Bells<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P>Can anyone suggest an alternative bit of nomenclature? A bell pr=
ofile=20
would be the shape of the bell but what about the relative sizes of the b=
ells=20
in a peal - is that the profile of the ring of bells or do we have an=20
alternative name? Gets confusing when we talk about about the profi=
les=20
of a front end - are we talking shape or thickness?<BR><BR>On the su=
bject=20
of Taylors casting lighter bells for the front end of a chime in the=20
1910s/1920s what about the changes in the front end of ringing=20
peals?<BR><BR>When G&J augmented St Woolos to twelve they recast the =
front=20
three of the 1913 Taylor ten (and caused a certain amount of debate!). I=
=20
remember seeing the weights of the original front end published in the RW=
and=20
at the time compared them to the weights of the bells at St Giles Pontefr=
act=20
(Taylor 1919). I found that proportionally the front end at Pontefr=
act=20
was even lighter than that at St Woolos.<BR><STRONG>Pontefract, St=20
Giles</STRONG><BR>1 3-0-26<BR>2 =20
3-1-10<BR>3 3-3-18 - this would be very light for the treble =
of an=20
18cwt eight!<BR>4 4-0-25<BR>5 5-0-26<BR>6 &n=
bsp;=20
6-1-27<BR>7 8-0-14<BR>8 10-0- 1<BR>9 13-1-17<BR>1=
0=20
18-0-19 </P>
<P>Infact the front two have flange tops so the above weights are several=
=20
pounds in excess of their 'true' weights! And yet these are a first=
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class ten with a really beautiful tone - probably the best ten in E in th=
e=20
world (any better offers?). Does anyone have any more evidence alon=
g=20
these lines and for how long did this fashion last?</P>
<P>I have misplaced my copy of Thow but I think it is Waltham Abbey which=
have=20
a noticeably light front end.</P>
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