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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>1. Re Stahlschmidt. "<EM>Surrey Bells & Londo=
n Bell=20
Founders"</EM> is best read in conjunction - if you can afford it - with=20
"<EM>The Church Bells of</EM> <EM>Kent".</EM> Stahlschmidt clear=
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made some progress in the three years 1884-87. Both should be r=
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in conjunction with Tyssen's "Jubilee" paper (1915) in the <EM>Proc Sussex =
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Soc </EM>which is fairly easily and economically obtainable and sheds =
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good deal of light on 15th-century founders; all very well brought up-to-da=
te by=20
George Elphick in <EM>Sussex Bells and Belfries </EM>which as a working too=
l is=20
still difficult to better; though as David said, we wait for <EM>Dorset iii=
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</EM>-with baited breath. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>2. Meanwhile <EM>Time in Rutland </EM>(for details ring=
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County Museum in Oakham) is quite a remarkable and beautifully produced boo=
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the first I know to deal with bells and clocks in one volume together. =
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John Eisel's <EM>Breconshire </EM>out to-day is a predictably competent wor=
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excellent value for =A314.95.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>3. On Grimthorpe rings on which Bill hasn't rung: is he=
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excluding St Paul's, over which of course Taylor and Denison had a battle (=
the=20
lawyer wanted the tenor to be 3 tons in C - or was it Db ? - so JWT made a=
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deliberate mistake. The unique thunder of St Paul's always makes me think t=
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an interview with Grimthorpe must have been like that ! =20
Quasi-Grimthorpe perhaps ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> SJI is quite right about Headingly.&=
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E. D. Taylor paid personally for the recasting, but excused his father the =
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bells, "the designs were not his choice or responsibility". The paris=
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still paid for the rehang.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 28 June 2002 23:09</DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Re the discussion about the finding of the remains of =
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bell-foundry <BR>in London. Stahlschmidt is a useful reference, I have a =
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