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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As David says, the most commonly used expr=
ession is=20
the Trade is "wires", though Gillett & Johnston called them "lines", th=
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expression used by CD.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Their origin, so the late Bill Hughes told=
me,=20
comes from the days of making a false bell; the latter was made, complete w=
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wires/lines, and when invested with the outer mould the wires/lines provide=
d a=20
key so that the false bell was less likely to fall out while the assembly w=
as=20
being lifted around. They became part of the traditional decoration long af=
ter=20
they had ceased to be practically necessary - to the extent of being freque=
ntly=20
incised on bells cast without having them in relief.</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:csz_stl@s..." title=3Dcsz_stl@s...>Carl S=20
Zimmerman</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 11, 2003 5:02=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Molding=
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terminology</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>As I understand the history of European bellfounding, =
it=20
has always <BR>been the tradition that the inside of the bell has been mo=
lded=20
to be <BR>perfectly smooth. And until very recent years, essentiall=
y all=20
<BR>bellfounders have molded the exterior profile with circumferential=20
<BR>ridges formed by notches of various shapes in the strickle board.=20
<BR>Indeed, the number and placement of these ridges have often been part=
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<BR>of each bellfounder's distinctive style, as much so as the shape of=20
<BR>the bell itself.<BR><BR>My question is this: What terminology h=
as=20
been used by English <BR>bellfounders and English-speaking bell historian=
s to=20
identify and/or <BR>describe these circumferential ridges? Are ther=
e=20
words for this <BR>purpose which were used in the past but are now consid=
ered=20
obsolete, <BR>or at least obsolescent? And if so, what words are=20
currently in use <BR>for this purpose?<BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This=20
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