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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>One of the Meneely founders in America was=
tuning=20
on the outside as a matter of course, hence many of their bells have no mou=
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wires on the outside</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>George</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=3Dbells@k... href=3D"mailto:bells@k...">David & =
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Kelly</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 05, 2002 7:25=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Externa=
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tuning</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>E W Van Heuven wrote a paper on the tuning of bells (=
74-96=20
Acoustical Measurements on Church Bells and Carillons, DeGebroeders van C=
leef,=20
The Hague, Netherlands, 1949 and reprinted in T D Rossing's Acoustics of =
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ISBN 0-442-27817-9. In his paper he graphs the results on the principal f=
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partials of internal and external tuning. Essentially the tuning results =
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different for tuning on the outside when compared to the inside.</FONT></=
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>However the most obvious reason for not tuning the ou=
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is cosmetice, i.e. the loss of inscriptions, moulding wires etc. However =
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an option open to bell tuners!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dave</FONT></DIV>
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