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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Some of the London towers do contain stran=
ge=20
combinations of bells. As to whether a ring of three is a ring of thr=
ee,=20
the answer is surely "If there are three bells hung for full-circle ringing=
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even if the frame is built for more.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I think my all-time heaviest three would h=
ave been=20
All Saints, Margaret Street, London, that notable Anglo-Catholic=20
shrine.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Treble 30.15/16" Eb</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Second (i.e. 4th in 8) 36.15/16" Bb</FONT>=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tenor: 53.7/8" Eb c.28-cwt</FONT></D=
IV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>On all: CAST BY JOHN WARNER & SON=
S LONDON=20
1858. / (Royal Arms) / PATENT </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>They were hung for ringing in a frame for =
five; in=20
1966 the wheels were in bits. The two vacant pits implied that the ne=
ver=20
added bells would have been 2 and 6 in 8.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>They were replicas of 1,4, and 8 of E. B. =
Denison's=20
Doncaster ring, and cast to his specifications (at a significant date !); o=
ddly=20
the treble has six canons, whilst the two larger bells have Doncaster=20
heads. The treble also had a cast-in staple with the two others havin=
g=20
independent ones.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>About 1967, Mears broke the tenor up in th=
e tower,=20
so presumably there is an exact scrapping weight, and rehung the two smalle=
r=20
bells 'dead' on the five-bell frame. Thus passed the heaviest=20
three.........(?)</FONT></DIV>
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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:DrLove@s..." title=3DDrLove@s...>LOVE, Dickon</A>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>'bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com'</=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 02, 2003 9:3=
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AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Re:=
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Heaviest Three</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Another heavy one is Knightsbridge, St Paul (Wilton Pl=
ace).=20
3 bells tenor<BR>20-0-11.<BR>They are not now ringable, but I do have som=
e=20
pictures on Church Bells of<BR>Westminster (which won't be much use to an=
yone=20
as I haven't ftp'd it yet,<BR>but I may put this page up in=20
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