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<DIV><SPAN class=3D240385716-11082002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff si=
ze=3D2>When=20
the 8 from St Mark's, Leicester went to Goulburn Cathedral in Australia the=
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treble was tuned down to take the place of the 2nd, and a new treble cast.=
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They've been augmented to 10 and hung in a 13-bell frame. The alteration to=
the=20
old 8 was to get a better progression of weights for the intended future=20
12.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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ze=3D2>There=20
are actually a number of examples of such things happening when rings are=20
restored, and for various reasons such as getting a better weight progressi=
on or=20
getting a ring in tune (e.g. if a bell is removed because it's flat and the=
one=20
above it is thick enough to tune down).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D240385716-11082002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff si=
ze=3D2>It can=20
also happen when a ring is remodelled. The current back 3 of six at Norton=
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Fitzwarren, Somerset, were the front 3 of the old six, and at Glastonbury t=
he=20
present 3,4,5 and 7 of eight were 1,2,3 and 6 of the old ring, and there ar=
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other examples of this elsewhere.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D240385716-11082002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20
size=3D2>David</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Tim Jackson=20
[mailto:Tim@t...]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 11 August 2002=
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17:42<BR><B>To:</B> Bell Historians<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians]=
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Arreton<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><TT>I rang at Arreton last week, recently res=
tored=20
by Andrew Nicholson. The<BR>bells have been tuned but the tenor not=
e is=20
still quoted as G sharp/A flat.<BR><BR>The old 3rd is now on display in t=
he=20
church, and a new bell has been cast.<BR>However, this new bell is the 4t=
h and=20
the old 4th is now the new 3rd. This<BR>struck me as slightly=20
unusual.<BR><BR>Does anyone know of any other instances where a bell now=
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occupies a position<BR>"higher up" the ring?<BR><BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>=
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