Swan are a fine ring. The back 12 bear a similarity to their original familiar sound, however some judicous "butchery" on the tuning machine has done them a world of good - especially the tenor. Doubtless the tower has something to do with it, although considering its internal construction of glass and concrete I can't imagine it is of huge benefit. The acoustics internally - and externally - are good: all sixteen can be heared in changes.
I suspect David was alluding to somewhere much closer to home.....
MPAW
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From: "David Bryant" <djb122@y...><BR>
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Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 4:40 PM<BR>
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] 19th century bells<BR>
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> oakcroft13 wrote:<BR>
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> > I still maintain that, given a tower that doesn't sway, good internal<BR>
> > and external acoustics, and fittings in tip-top condition, you get a<BR>
> > smashing ring whatever the tuning, within reason. I recently rang on<BR>
> > a moderately heavy peal of eight, true-harmonic tuned to the n'th<BR>
> > degree, which did not possess these attributes, and to me they were a<BR>
> > great disappointment.<BR>
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> I could add that I think many people (especially ringers!) greatly<BR>
> underestimate the importance of tower accoustics. A moderate ring can<BR>
> sound good in an accoustically generous tower, but in an accoustically<BR>
> poor tower they will sound poor. Even good bells will not sound as good<BR>
> as they could if they are in an accoustically poor tower. For instance,<BR>
> the bells at Towcester sound really super, but apparently at Todmorden<BR>
> they sounded quite good but cold because the bellchamber was mostly<BR>
> louvres so they couldn't resonate. In being moved, they sound better,<BR>
> and the reverse is true where a highly rated ring can be moved after<BR>
> great trouble has been taken to save them and people ringing on them in<BR>
> their new home wonder what all the fuss was about. Yes, there is a very<BR>
> good example of this.....<BR>
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> David<BR>
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