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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D997295008-16082002><FO=
NT=20
color=3D#0000ff>> </FONT></SPAN>I would have thought a ring by Mear=
s from=20
the Victorian age are worth pursuing. As has been proved time and time agai=
n,=20
bells of this type respond very well to modern tuning. <BR><SPAN=20
class=3D997295008-16082002><FONT color=3D#0000ff>[Andrew Aspland] Desperate=
ly trying=20
to think of a few examples up here! Aysgarth (Mears 1829) have m=
ade a=20
pleasant enough ring having been G&Jed. Yet Sharow (Mears 18=
25)=20
are very sour having been Taylored (the two Warner trebles don't help!).=20
Woodlesford (Mears 1870) are more mellow=20
(Taylored). </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D997295008-16082002>However I do remember being impressed by a ring =
of=20
nine(!) near Norwich (Felmingham?) where the old middle six were 19C M=
ears=20
and had tuned up remarkably well and made better by being topped and tailed=
by=20
modern WBF bells. Not enough evidence for "<FONT color=3D#000000>time=
and=20
time again</FONT><FONT color=3D#0000ff>"!</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D997295008-16082002>Do you think the WBF could do cheap retunes on a=
ll=20
those old-style bells they produced from 1897 to the 1930s? Whilst lo=
oking=20
for the above information I found:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D997295008-16082002>East Witton</DIV>
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cellPadding=3D0 width=3D189 border=3D0 x:str>
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width=3D27>
<COL style=3D"WIDTH: 92pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 4498=
"=20
width=3D123>
<COL style=3D"WIDTH: 29pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 1426=
"=20
width=3D39>
<TBODY>
<TR style=3D"HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=3D17>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; WIDTH: 20pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR:=
transparent"=20
align=3Dright width=3D27 height=3D17 x:num><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif"=
=20
size=3D2>1</FONT></TD>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; WIDTH: 92pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"=20
width=3D123><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>Mears &=20
Stainbank</FONT></TD>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; WIDTH: 29pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"=20
align=3Dright width=3D39 x:num><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif"=20
size=3D2>1915</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR style=3D"HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=3D17>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"=
=20
align=3Dright height=3D17 x:num><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>2=
</FONT></TD>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><FONT=20
face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>Mears & Stainbank</FONT></TD>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"=20
align=3Dright x:num><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>1915</FONT></=
TD></TR>
<TR style=3D"HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=3D17>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"=
=20
align=3Dright height=3D17 x:num><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>3=
</FONT></TD>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><FONT=20
face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>T Mears II</FONT></TD>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"=20
align=3Dright x:num><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>1812</FONT></=
TD></TR>
<TR style=3D"HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=3D17>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"=
=20
align=3Dright height=3D17 x:num><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>4=
</FONT></TD>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><FONT=20
face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>T Mears II</FONT></TD>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"=20
align=3Dright x:num><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>1812</FONT></=
TD></TR>
<TR style=3D"HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=3D17>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"=
=20
align=3Dright height=3D17 x:num><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>5=
</FONT></TD>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><FONT=20
face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>Mears & Stainbank</FONT></TD>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"=20
align=3Dright x:num><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>1915</FONT></=
TD></TR>
<TR style=3D"HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=3D17>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"=
=20
align=3Dright height=3D17 x:num><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>6=
</FONT></TD>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><FONT=20
face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>Mears & Stainbank</FONT></TD>
<TD=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9=
d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"=20
align=3Dright x:num><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif"=20
size=3D2>1930</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D997295008-16082002>which </SPAN><SPAN=20
class=3D997295008-16082002>are pretty horrible really. If only they h=
ad gone=20
to the other place!</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN=20
class=3D997295008-16082002>Baldrick</SPAN></DIV></SPAN></FONT></FONT></BODY=
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