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<DIV>From the bellfoundry report on Boroughbridge.</DIV>
<DIV>"The Tenor may be cracked. From a visual inspection under difficult=20
conditions, there appears to be a fine crack radiating from the cast in cro=
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staple and stretching for a distance of some 5 to 6 inches from the centre =
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the bell. This fine crack may only be observed on the inside of the bell. T=
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tone of the bell appears unaffected."</DIV>
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<DIV>As for Middlesmoor</DIV>
<DIV>No cracks were found when the bells were rehung. </DIV>
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<DIV>Yours Ian</DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Re:=
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SoundWeld</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>> >>Tenor bell from St Mary's Church,=20
Boroughbridge, Yorks. >><BR>> Restoration project in hand so=20
SoundWeld may hear about this in the near future. However I haven't=20
heard any mention of Soundweld in relation to the<BR>> current=20
plans<BR><BR>Is the tenor cracked?<BR><BR>> >>St Chad Church,=20
Middlesmoor, N Yorks. <<<BR>> These were restored last year incl=
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rehang and tuning by Whitechapel.<BR><BR>Was one of the bells welded? It =
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be feasible that a bell was sent to Soundweld but they didn't know where =
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