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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm not one to belittle Ron Dove - indeed,=
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hindsight and with the current offerings for comparison Ron's achievement s=
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all the more remarkable - but Bill is right to point out that the tenor not=
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come from a range of sources of varying reliability.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ron checked the tenor note against his tun=
ing forks=20
when he rang at a new tower. But just occasionally he forgot, and I=20
remember one occasion when we were about half a mile from the church he sai=
d "Oh=20
bother (or similar), I forgot to take the note of the tenor". Geoff=20
Armitage then sang the tenor note (or what he thought it was) with a loud a=
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bellowing "LAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaa" and Ron pitched it with his fork.</FONT></DI=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris P</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>