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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Peterborough: Okay, we know the sour=
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they're all secondary ones. Someone - Ron Dove would have done this i=
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past - needs to contact Whitechapel, point out that there is a discrepancy =
and=20
ask for confirmation of which is correct. That way it can be resolved=
once=20
an for all - especially if the person who makes the enquiry is kind enough =
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post the answer to this list.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ash by Sandwich: For practical reasons, Ta=
ylors=20
weigh bells with the resin pads cast on. In such cases, a slight increase i=
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weight will be noted (e.g. Sutton Coldfield, Kempston and - by the sound of=
it -=20
Ash)</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=3Dnickwbowden@f... href=3D"mailto:nickwbowden@f...">=
Nick=20
Bowden</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 13, 2002 7=
:41=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Ten=
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Weights</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>MessageAs the originator of this thread (which has bee=
n=20
most interesting) we<BR>still do not appear to have a definitive answer f=
or=20
Peterborough Cathedral<BR>tenor. The ONLY references I've seen to it weig=
hing=20
21-2-20 are Dove 9 and<BR>RW 3938. Dove 7 & 8 both have 21-1-20 as do=
all=20
other references I have<BR>seen. I believe the latter to be the correct w=
eight=20
on the basis that<BR>21-2-20 was a typo in the "Foundry Focus" (a not unc=
ommon=20
feature of an<BR>otherwise excellent, informative and much missed series)=
and=20
it would fit in<BR>with CP's 21-2-0 at St.John the Divine were he not now=
=20
doubting the accuracy<BR>of his student notes.<BR>Nick<BR><BR>P.S. I'm=20
surprised DLC or DrL haven't mentioned the "growing tenor" at Ash<BR>next=
=20
Sandwich, 21-1-18 to 21-3-0.<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From:=
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Chris Pickford<BR>To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR>Sent: Thursday,=20
September 12, 2002 11:40 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Tenor=20
Weights<BR><BR>Michael Lee's book on Peterborough gives as the notice and=
the=20
archive,<BR>except 4 as 5-2-10 and tenor as 21-0-0. As this was probably =
taken=20
from the<BR>same notice, I can only assume student (proper spelling this=
=20
time!) error in<BR>having noted it as 21-2-0, but it does show the treble=
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weights were "given<BR>out" as 4-2-27 and 5-0-17.<BR><BR>But can GAD shed=
=20
light on what's right for the 4th? 5-2-10 or 5-2-20?<BR><BR>I see RW 3976=
=20
gives the weights of 3 and 4 at Peterborough as 4-0-17=20
and<BR>4-2-18.<BR><BR>The articles in RW 3938 and 3976 (17 Oct.1986 p.913=
and=20
10 July 1987 p.617<BR>for those who prefer full references) are both in t=
he=20
"Foundry Focus"<BR>series. The first only gives the tenor weight - =
as=20
21-2-20 in E flat. The<BR>latter gives all the weights, the twelve as 4-1=
-1,=20
4-0-17, 4-0-17, 4-2-18,<BR>5-1-12, 5-2-12, 6-3-8, 7-3-10, 9-1-18, 10-2-6,=
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14-1-12 and 21-1-20 in E<BR>flat. Sharp second 4-0-11, and old tenor 27-0=
-9 in=20
C (was 29-3-9 before<BR>tuning)<BR><BR>Comparison seems to indicate that =
the=20
bells were weighed - but not retuned -<BR>in 1986. Hence minor variations=
-=20
though minor is debatable for 1-2/10!<BR><BR>CP<BR><BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><=
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