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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Taylor, of course, call the "inscription b=
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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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<A title=3Dcsz_stl@s... href=3D"mailto:csz_stl@s...">Carl S=20
Zimmerman</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 27, 2002 6=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Bel=
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=3D body parts</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Interesting! I've taken to calling the decorated=
area=20
just below the <BR>shoulder the "shoulder band", because it _doesn't_ alw=
ays=20
contain an <BR>inscription. And even if it does, there may also be=
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inscriptions <BR>elsewhere on the bell. I've seen them on the waist=
,=20
where they are <BR>usually arranged to be viewed from one side of the=20
bell. (Is "side" <BR>a body part or not? :) Of course this is=
most=20
common for custom <BR>inscriptions, but some bellfounders have put their =
own=20
maker's mark <BR>there. (McShane and Fulton are two that come to=20
mind.) I've also <BR>seen the maker's inscription standing on the b=
ead=20
at the tangent <BR>between concave waist and convex soundbow (American br=
anch=20
of <BR>Rincker) as well as on the soundbow itself (Pyatkov and other Russ=
ian=20
<BR>founders).<BR><BR>The various locations of inscriptions might be a go=
od=20
topic for an <BR>illustrated Webpage. Or has someone already done=20
that?<BR><BR><BR>At 16:49 +0100 on 2002/09/27, David Bryant=20
wrote:<BR><BR>> > Comments? clarifications? other body parts =
used=20
in reference to bells?<BR>><BR>>It means the inscritption band, i.e=
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just below the shoulder. Victorian<BR>>writers are often apt to use fl=
owery=20
terminology, in some cases of their=20
own<BR>>invention!<BR>><BR>>Davod<BR><BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>Th=
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