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<DIV><EM><FONT size=3D2>Headstocks</FONT></EM></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>1. I believe that Chris is correct about the large Cast=
Iron=20
Headstock on Bow's 1738 tenor being from the 1907 rehang. The two lar=
ge=20
bells, tenor 4-tons, which M&S cast for Newport, R. I., U.S.A., have si=
milar=20
stocks. I have a picture of Bow tenor c.1910, hanging in the tower, a=
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the extraordinary stock was on by then.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>2. Whitechapel cast-iron headstocks. </FONT></DIV=
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>(a) The earliest I have seen of the present-day=20
type design is at Goodnestone-by-Adisham in Kent, where they added a t=
reble=20
to make six in 1937. Everything else, excepting two old bells, is of=20
1911.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>(b) AAH might have admired Warners' designs - but which=
ones=20
? The picture of a Warner bell and headstock on Church Green Boo=
ks'=20
most recent catalogue - Pierhead old tenor of 1911 - is a "Taylor type" whi=
ch=20
both Warners' and Llewellins & James adapted for some of their jobs.&nb=
sp;=20
In the long run I believe that Whitechapel made their own designs (jus=
t as=20
they made their own approach to Simpson tuning).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>3. Gillett & Johnston: I have a photograph of Roche=
ster=20
Cathedral bells on the ground after recasting & augmentation at Croydon=
in=20
1921; all of them have "Taylor-type" cast iron box section headstocks (whic=
h=20
were retained when Taylor's subsequently provided a new frame). Front three=
are=20
straight, remainder curved.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>DLC</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 09 January 2003 16:01</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Re:=
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Obscure questions of the week</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The cast iron stock on the old tenor mor=
e likely=20
dates from 1907 than 1881. The photo was taken when the bells were=
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removed 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 le=
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interesting</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>CP</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> Thursday, January 09, 2003=
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PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] R=
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Obscure questions of the week</DIV>
<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=
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despatch at that date. One wonders if it made the bell easier or harder=
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a conventional wooden stock? <BR><BR>--- David Bryant=20
<DJB122@Y...>wrote:=20
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<TT>> Speaking of headstocks, has anyone noticed the amazing=20
metal<BR>> headstock on the old tenor of St Mary le Bow, as shown in=
the=20
photo<BR>> on both Diccon's London website and Micheal's Rings of=20
Twelve<BR>> website ?<BR><BR>I had noticed it. Anyone know who made =
it?=20
is it fabricated or cast? It's<BR>difficult to tell from the=20
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