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<A title=3Daaspland@y... href=3D"mailto:aaspland@y...">Andr=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 17, 2002 10:50=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] FW:=
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Taylors in the 1890s</DIV>
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<DIV><TT>>Would the tuning of Merthyr bells been advantaged by the lat=
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which could<BR>>cut right down in the shoulder/crown - when did Taylor=
s get=20
such a machine?</TT></DIV><TT></TT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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have thought so - I think they got one in 1896.
<DIV><BR>>One reason for my asking is that Headingley bells are about =
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rehung<BR>>etc. They are not the best peal of eight but I believ=
e a=20
visit to the<BR>>tuning machine could make a lot of difference. =
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are not really as deep<BR>>as E - the treble is actually very clos to =
F but=20
there is a bit of stretch<BR>>in the octave. Does anyone know of a pea=
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bells from Taylors in 1890 that<BR>>have been retuned since?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Low Elswick, Newcastle - 1880s and tuned=
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30s.</FONT><BR><BR>>PS What do we know of Dobson/Osborn and their atte=
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at octave bells?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There's been some stuff in the RW at var=
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times - anyone have references?</FONT></DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
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