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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yes, Olsen is a superb bellfounder, and there are a gre=
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Worth putting in a commercial here for the British Cari=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 12 April 2002 18:07</DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>We've had a visit from members of the Nordic carillon=
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school today, and<BR>they brought a CD with a recording of the carillon a=
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Oslo city hall,<BR>cast by a founder named Olsen Nauen. The bass is 1952,=
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rest 1999.<BR>The bells sound absolutely superb, both bases and trebles.=
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Pictures show<BR>that they are cast without canons and have sharply angle=
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soundbows. The<BR>founders have a website at www.bellfounder.com. I can't=
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pictures.<BR>Interestingly, there are also canon-headed and flange-topped=
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bells<BR>pictured as well as flat-topped ones.<BR><BR>David<BR></TT><BR><=
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