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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Don't we need to be a bit wary of assuming=
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bells with copious decoration and figures of saints etc were all cast by th=
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lost wax method? It's quite possible to apply very detailed ornamenta=
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using dies tapped into the outer mould. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is there any better way of establishing wi=
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certainly how the moulds were made? One thing, of course, is that los=
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castings tend to be smoother and better finished - but it's easy to make=20
subjective judgments and make assumptions here.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=3Ddjb122@y... href=3D"mailto:djb122@y...">David Brya=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 18, 2002 10:5=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Los=
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Taylor bells</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>From: "Michael Wilby" <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:michael_wilby@y...">michael_wilby@y...</A>&g=
t;<BR><BR>>=20
As far as Surfleet goes, bells 3 - 6 are definitely<BR>> lost wax; eff=
igies=20
can be seen on the waists of the<BR>> bells in photographs on the 12s=
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site. As David says,<BR>> we're not sure about the 2 trebles of =
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these may<BR>> well not be lost wax castings, though it is<BR>>=20
interesting to note that they were cast complete with<BR>> flange=20
tops.<BR><BR>And so far as I know, they're the last example of Taylor's=20
casting<BR>flange-topped front end bells of higher numbered rings in this=
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period - they<BR>did it on and off from the turn of the century intermitt=
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when casting<BR>tens and twelves (and occastionally eights). Most bells w=
ith=20
them were cast<BR>during the 1920s.<BR><BR>Recently Andrew Higson has cas=
t a=20
few bells with flanges. An extra treble<BR>each for Newcastle and Leicest=
er St=20
Margaret, to match existing bells, and<BR>the two trebles of ten cast las=
t=20
year for St Mary Magdalene Oxford all have<BR>them. The Oxford bells were=
cast=20
with them as it was judged a better<BR>solution than to drill through the=
ir=20
thick shoulders to bolt them to their<BR>headstocks. I've got some photos=
of=20
them somewhere, which I can stick on the<BR>pictures page if anyone's=20
interested.<BR><BR>Back to lost wax, I should have said for those who hav=
en't=20
come across any<BR>such bells that they can usually be identified by the =
fact=20
that they have<BR>more ornamentation than the average bell, often taking =
the=20
form of figures<BR>of saints on the waist of the bell, and ornate borders=
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around the soundbow<BR>and other places. The ornamentation usually stands=
well=20
proud of the bell,<BR>muck more so than with a bell cast using convention=
al=20
moulding methods. If<BR>anyone wants to see a picture I have a number of =
the=20
Lincoln trebles, which<BR>I can stick on the photos=20
page.<BR><BR>David<BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This=20
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