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class=660293509-02052002>And this in itself smacks of some of the more modern
day rants we here from e.g. Jim Phillips ... "the tuning of bells has become
worse since foundries stopped using forks ... forks are the only way to properly
tune bells". He then goes on to talk about SG clappers!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=660293509-02052002>DrL</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Chris Pickford
[mailto:c.j.pickford@t...]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 01 May 2002
18:35<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:[Bell Historians] Clinton Meneely and bell acoustics<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good stuff this! It reminds me of the
letter written by Thomas Bond, the Burford bellfounder, to <FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>the Ringing World in 1926 (<SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; LETTER-SPACING:-0.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">p.360).
On tuning, Bond wrote "I believe the whole system [the five-toned
principle] is a farce and nonsense, and I believe the best results are had,
only, from practical experience on the part of the bell
founder"</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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