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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have some copies of letters which Canon =
Nolloth=20
wrote in later life to the authorities at Bristol University, amongst which=
he=20
states that Taylors had "Cast me two wonderful great Bells for Beverley Min=
ster"=20
as well as extolling the recently-cast "Great Peter".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I don't think that he so much as rejected =
the 1900=20
Great Bell - after all, he had it hung and "dedicated with great cermony" b=
y the=20
Archbishop of York, - as sent it back for the new model. As Matthew s=
ays,=20
to get a decent musical interval below his new tenor, you needed at least t=
o=20
have the bell tuned to a musical interval and tuned harmonically. Ala=
n=20
Berry told me that originally, it had been "slightly tuned", but the arriva=
l of=20
the big tuning machine in December 1900 changed the picture completely.&nbs=
p;As=20
it is, they took 6-cwt out of it, and the musical note is G as is Grea=
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John. I must admit to liking it very much, despite the slight "growl"=
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which Nolloth noted as "an extra harmonic". </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The De Lisle family who "discovered" the G=
reat Bell=20
for Downside were great friends of the Taylors, and remain one of=20
Leicestershire's principal families.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Beverley's present great bell, Great =
John, is=20
a truly marvellous sounding bell - and well complemented by the old medieva=
l=20
tenor hanging beside it (for ringing) as a daily service bell. The=20
appearance of the bell as you enter off the stairs is truly awesome. What a=
pity=20
it isn't used as its generous donor and faithful Vicar intended.</FONT></DI=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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