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class=3D997295008-16082002>> However I do remember being impressed by a =
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nine(!) near Norwich (Felmingham?) where the old middle six were 19C=20
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class=3D997295008-16082002>> Mears and had tuned up remarkably well and =
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class=3D997295008-16082002>They topped and tailed the ring and replaced the=
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(of six) to keep them in a Major key, but hung the old 4th fir ringing as a=
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sharp 5th so that they could still ring the original=20
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class=3D997295008-16082002>I think this proves that a decent tenor on the e=
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mediocre ring can improve things considerably, which is why I can never=20
understand why some old-style rings have had their tenors recast old-style =
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match - a true harmonic bell would probably make them sound much bett=
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The same doesn't follow when adding a treble, though. The result is 'ping' =
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class=3D997295008-16082002>David</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>