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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Moseley, St Mary</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It is in fact the treble which was vast in=
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1874.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The second may not have been one of the or=
iginal St=20
Marie's Sheffield bells; it is dated 1858 and the pitches of these two bell=
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make interesting reading:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Treble 1125 (D-0.76) 937 (A#+0.09) 67=
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(E+0.27) 573 (D-0.43) 321=20
(E-0.47) =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>30.3/4"d, 1.3/4" unworn, 23.1/2" L t=
o S,=20
53.1/2" shoulder circ. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2nd 1114(C#+0.08) 950 (A#=
+0.31)=20
655 (E-0.11) 540 (C#-0.46) 325=20
(E-0.25) =20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>31.3/4"d, 2" unworn, 24" LtoS, 60.1/4" sho=
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circ.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The remaining bells are 1860 (5, 8) and 18=
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Tenor is 580 (D-0.22)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The fact that the trebles are very close t=
o the=20
same note is made worse by the third, whose nominal (912) is well ove=
r a=20
semitone flat; the back five, however are approximately in line.</FONT></DI=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The measurements are my own; the pitches w=
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recorded on our visit in 1992 by the late Ranald Clouston, using Cyril=20
Johnston's forks. If anyone wants the whole lot, let me know.</FONT><=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:Mike Chester <mike@m..."=20
title=3Dmike@m...>mailto:Mike Chester=20
<mike@m...</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 15, 2003 =
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AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Tac=
ked-on=20
trebles</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>> P.S. I am not expecting a serious answer!<BR><BR>=
But=20
you're going to get one! <BR><BR>Don't forget that one bell, the se=
cond=20
ISTR, was replaced when the <BR>bells were transferred from from St Marie=
,=20
Sheffield and therefore <BR>what is there now at Moseley is not quite the=
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"cutting edge" <BR>technology that was in Sheffield!<BR><BR>Even so, they=
are=20
the best steel 8 in the world!<BR><BR>Mike<BR><BR></TT><BR><TT>This messa=
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