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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The cast iron stock on the old tenor more =
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dates from 1907 than 1881. The photo was taken when the bells were re=
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for recasting in the 1930s.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The stock on the "new" tenor looks no less=
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<DIV><BR></DIV>I would guess it dates from the M & S rehang and=20
augmentation in 1881; I believe that the photograph is the bells before=20
despatch at that date. One wonders if it made the bell easier or harder t=
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conventional wooden stock? <BR><BR>--- David Bryant <DJB122@Y...>wr=
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<TT>> Speaking of headstocks, has anyone noticed the amazing metal<BR>=
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headstock on the old tenor of St Mary le Bow, as shown in the photo<BR>&g=
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