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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have a copy of RWMC's report following his visit in=20
1956.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>See RW 14.12.56 pp 793/794 for his subsequent=20
article.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>In brief the two easter towers carry 19 bells all suppl=
ied by=20
Warner in 1882, and all inscribed:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SONS LONDON 1882./(waist=
) + + /=20
</FONT><FONT size=3D7>+</FONT><FONT size=3D2>/ + +</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>/ IGLESIA DE SAN FRANCISCO / 1882.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>South East tower has ring of eight tenor 36.1/2", 8-cwt=
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Ab, in a teak frame. Many of the ringing fittings were missing.&=
nbsp;=20
Rung originally from a circular staircase with a void in the centre, w=
ith=20
the bells only a few feet above the ringers' heads.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Electrically operated chiming hammers fitted to four=20
bells c1910.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>North East tower has chime of eleven bells tenor 45", 1=
5-cwt=20
in F, hung dead in a teak frame, originally chimed from a barrell, la=
ter=20
by an electrical machine and by the time of the visit only the tenor had a =
means=20
of making a sound - a ball of iron tied by a rope to the staple. The =
rest=20
had no means of sounding them.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>All that was in 1956.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The Bell News, vol I, 1882, p.327 gives Warners' accoun=
t of=20
their installation and their bellhangers' efforts to teach some ringers, as=
well=20
as to put the chime into use.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>So, anyone reliable who is is going to Spain, this=
really=20
needs updating !</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=3Dmichael_wilby@y...=20
href=3D"mailto:michael_wilby@y...">Michael Wilby</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 03 January 2003 15:22</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Madrid<=
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<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Just been browsing the web, and came across this=20
photo<BR>of the Iglesia de San Francisco el Grande, Madrid,<BR>which is=20
supposed to contain an 8. Does anyone know<BR>anything about this=20
ring?<BR><BR>url:<BR><A=20
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