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<DIV><TT>Kelly wrote:</TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT>> Legend has it that they were orginally an 8 (the headstocks=20
indicate this too as the<BR>> numbers on them run from 3 to 8) and that =
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church sold the trebles back<BR>> to the foundry (Taylors) to pay for re=
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to the roof. In the fifties the<BR>> foundry asked the church if t=
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wanted them back as they'd been sitting in<BR>> storage for years and th=
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church said no so they were broken up - shame as<BR>> they're a superb=20
6! Not sure if the story's true but that's what I've been<BR>>=20
told.</TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I don't know in this case, but the hea=
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being numbered 3-8 doesn't necessarily mean there ever were eight. It is no=
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unusual for Taylor's to number the headstocks of a six like this if they ar=
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intended to be augmented to eight. Two examples which immediately spring to=
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are Bishopthorpe, York, and Lydeard St Lawrence, Somerset, both sixes =
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headstocks numbered 3-8. Neither frame even has the pits for eigh=
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although the grillage is laid out so that they could be added.</FONT></TT><=
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<DIV><TT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>David</FONT></DIV>
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