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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good stuff this! It reminds me of th=
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On tuning, Bond wrote "I believe the whole system [the five-toned=20
principle] is a farce and nonsense, and I believe the best results are had,=
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founder"</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 01, 2002 4:57=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Clinton=
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Meneely and bell acoustics</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>More on the Clinton Meneely talk from 1935 (link in=20
previous <BR>message). It is such a good read I am going to put it on my=
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website, <BR>if I can get permission. Part of it is a rant against 5-poin=
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tuning <BR>(we would say true harmonic). His opinions, which I assume wer=
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<BR>voiced primarily to protect his business, were based in part on the=20
<BR>carillon at Albany, which at the time was a 47-bell Taylor instrument=
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<BR>of 1928. Just two extracts will show the style:<BR><BR>On true-harmon=
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tuning: "some theoretical process of manufacture <BR>which has the same=20
scientific background as some of the expressions <BR>found in modern=20
advertisements."<BR><BR>On playing music on carillons: "to allow the play=
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of the more <BR>complicated works on a set of bells is a feature of=20
sensationalism <BR>that belongs on the vaudeville stage."<BR><BR>Wonderfu=
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