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<DIV><FONT size=3D2><EM>The point that was being made is this: that Clinton=
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Meneely was prepared to make quite a considerable outlay on casting bells w=
hich=20
would never receive any tuning whatever at his hands. In this he =
was=20
comparable with T C Lewis of Brixton in the 19th-century, cf St Andrew, Wel=
ls=20
Street, Marylebone (now Kingsbury, Middx) and Shipbourne, Kent.&n=
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But note that Lewis despite </EM>his <EM>published beliefs d=
id=20
tune some of the bells in his largest chime, at=20
Roehampton.</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2><EM>This is not the same thing as has been alluded to i=
n the=20
recent tit-bits re Leighton Buzzard / Newport / Charminster and Albany / St=
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Lawrence York, which involved matching elsewhere a bell in p=
lace=20
of which a second casting had been made, and sometimes involved furthe=
r=20
tuning the first casting.</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2><EM>There is nothing new in this; before me are the=20
G&J figures of the Chicago carillon, cast 1929-31. For the 72 bell=
s=20
there are 89 recorded entries some of which are recorded as repeated casts,=
the=20
unselected bell going elsewhere. Some of the top bells were not origi=
nally=20
cast for Chicago - which all in all is a wonderful=20
sounding instrument.</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2><EM>Re the steel bells of Bassaleg (and see my RW =
article=20
of 23/29.12.00, pp 1259-1263). I don't recall any one claiming they w=
ere=20
good; my article said that they </EM>weren't at all bad. <EM>I think=
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anyone who has merely chimed them in the Galleries at Sheffield is in =
no=20
position to judge how they sounded when rung: as chimed on the Ellacom=
be at=20
Bassaleg, they sounded awful. As rung, as I say, not at all bad - &nbs=
p;by=20
no means as satisfying as Thornborough or Waddesdon, really much the s=
ame=20
as Chalford but in a very much larger tower. </EM></FONT></DIV=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=3Ddjb122@y... href=3D"mailto:djb122@y...">David Brya=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 02 May 2002 21:02</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Men=
eely=20
Bellfoundries - both of them</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV><TT>> de Tu=
rk's=20
article states <BR>> The Troy foundry disdained this idea of tuning, a=
s did=20
most other > American bellfoundries, preferring to have the 'natural b=
ell=20
tone'. > They believed that the proper design of a bell's=
=20
profile brought itws partials into the correct relationship and > that=
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tuning by the > removal of metal was practiced by founders whose > =
bells=20
had faulty profiles. (He) was not<BR>> interested in carillons, =
their=20
method of making bells and chimes having proved successful enought over t=
he=20
years. In making a chime. three > or four times the number of be=
lls=20
would be<BR>> cast from which the most harmonious would be selected.&n=
bsp;=20
The remaining ones were sold as single bells.<BR><BR>Taylor's have often =
done=20
this with carillons - cast duplicate sets of<BR>bells from which the best=
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would be selected, with the others sold off as<BR>stock bells. The 6th at=
St=20
Laurence, York, was from a duplicate set for<BR>the Albany City Hall=20
carillon.<BR><BR>David<BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This=20
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