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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Having played with lots of different metho=
ds, I'm=20
now favouring 7-1-0* (the * indicating approx) - which has the main advanta=
ge of=20
clarity. It also helps in tables of mixed and exact weights.</FONT></=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dickon's note also flags up the problem of=
-7, -14=20
and -21 weights. Alf Bowell, in particular, passed off quite a lot of=
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weights as exact when they were clearly approximate, but rounded to somethi=
ng=20
other than 0. He did the same with his pricing - invariably to =A35 o=
r=20
=A310! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In other cases, pre-casting estimates - Ta=
ylors=20
often quoted in advance to the level of 7, 14, 21 and 0 - have been=20
mistakenly accepted as finished weights (Harbury in Warwickshire is a case =
that=20
spings to mind)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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m:</B>=20
<A title=3DDrLove@s... href=3D"mailto:DrLove@s...">LOVE, Dickon</A>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
href=3D"mailto:'bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com'">'bellhistorians@yahoogro=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 12, 2002=
2:28=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Ten=
or=20
Weights</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>JPA<BR>"I'm sure someone could do the stats, but it wo=
uld=20
be interesting to see<BR>from<BR>Dove, from the tenors with exact weights=
,=20
what percentage are x-x-1, what<BR>percentage are x-x-2 etc etc. A rough =
guess=20
at about 4000 tenors with exact<BR>weights, that is probably enough to ha=
ve a=20
representative sample?"<BR><BR>Just done this with Kent. I have 1596 weig=
hts=20
that are reckoned to be<BR>accurate. The breakown=20
is:<BR><BR>0 =20
7%<BR>1 3%<BR>2 &nbs=
p;=20
4%<BR>3 3%<BR>4 &nbs=
p;=20
3%<BR>5 3%<BR>6 &nbs=
p;=20
4%<BR>7 3%<BR>8 &nbs=
p;=20
4%<BR>9 4%<BR>10 &nb=
sp;=20
5%<BR>11 3%<BR>12 &n=
bsp;=20
3%<BR>13 3%<BR>14 &n=
bsp;=20
4%<BR>15 3%<BR>16 &n=
bsp;=20
4%<BR>17 4%<BR>18 &n=
bsp;=20
3%<BR>19 4%<BR>20 &n=
bsp;=20
3%<BR>21 5%<BR>22 &n=
bsp;=20
3%<BR>23 3%<BR>24 &n=
bsp;=20
3%<BR>25 4%<BR>26 &n=
bsp;=20
4%<BR>27 3%<BR><BR>I guess the 7% for the x=
-x-0=20
means that I haven't flagged all the<BR>approximate weights yet! But the =
large=20
number of 0-0-21 and 0-0-10=20
is<BR>interesting.<BR><BR>DrL<BR><BR><BR>________________________________=
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