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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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[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 prof=
ile=20
would be the shape of the bell but what about the relative sizes of the bel=
ls in=20
a peal - is that the profile of the ring of bells or do we have an alternat=
ive=20
name? Gets confusing when we talk about about the profiles of a front=
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end - are we talking shape or thickness?<BR><BR>On the subject of Tayl=
ors=20
casting lighter bells for the front end of a chime in the 1910s/1920s what =
about=20
the changes in the front end of ringing peals?<BR><BR>When G&J augmente=
d St=20
Woolos to twelve they recast the front three of the 1913 Taylor ten (and ca=
used=20
a certain amount of debate!). I remember seeing the weights of the original=
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front end published in the RW and at the time compared them to the weights =
of=20
the bells at St Giles Pontefract (Taylor 1919). I found that=20
proportionally the front end at Pontefract was even lighter than that at St=
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Woolos.<BR><STRONG>Pontefract, St Giles</STRONG><BR>1 =20
3-0-26<BR>2 3-1-10<BR>3 3-3-18 - this would be very=
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light for the treble of an 18cwt eight!<BR>4 4-0-25<BR>5 &=
nbsp;=20
5-0-26<BR>6 6-1-27<BR>7 8-0-14<BR>8 10-0-=20
1<BR>9 13-1-17<BR>10 18-0-19 </P>
<P>Infact the front two have flange tops so the above weights are several p=
ounds=20
in excess of their 'true' weights! And yet these are a first class te=
n=20
with a really beautiful tone - probably the best ten in E in the world (any=
=20
better offers?). Does anyone have any more evidence along these lines=
and=20
for how long did this fashion last?</P>
<P>I have misplaced my copy of Thow but I think it is Waltham Abbey which h=
ave a=20
noticeably light front end.</P>
<P>Andrew</P></BODY></HTML>