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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pretty sure the 1877 tenors were cast with=
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canons - but, yes, 56-1-14 is an "as supplied" weight</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 30, 2002 =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] RE:=20
Wells</DIV>
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size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV><TT> So the 56-1-14 for Wells=
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originates from Taylors in 1877 =96 <BR>it is the orginal "as suppl=
ied"=20
weight. Presumably it was cast with <BR>canons, which have since been rem=
oved=20
when the iron headstock was <BR>fitted; therefore the weight will have be=
en=20
reduced.<BR> As to the 1891 photograph of the back bell=
s=20
outside the <BR>Cathedral, they would have had to have been lowered for t=
he=20
<BR>replacement of the frame, and so may not have left the Cathedral=20
<BR>premises. Does anyone have further details of the 1891 rehanging? Did=
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<BR>Blackbourne & Greenleaf replace the gear? Was the work done in th=
e=20
<BR>tower? Similarly, how about the replacement of the headstocks of the=
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<BR>back two that Matthew reports from 1945 ?<BR> From =
the=20
available evidence, it would seem that the <BR>correct "official" weight =
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Wells tenor should be something like "54 <BR>cwt=20
approx".<BR> Any=20
comments?<BR><BR><BR>Andrew<BR><BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This=20
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