<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 12/09/2003 12:38:05 GMT Daylight Time, ben@b... writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Those descriptions by themselves seem rather useless. "Pretty good" under<BR>
what criteria? What do "weird" or "extraordinary" tell us? Are they good<BR>
sounds or bad sounds? Perhaps the tenor sounds like someone revving acar<BR>
engine - that would certainly be extraordinary.<BR>
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As it happens, Bagshot is in my Guild, and I've rung a peal there. The<BR>
tenor sounds bad, reminiscent of a tin bath perhaps, but I wouldn't call it<BR>
"extraordinary". Lots of bells sound crap.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Personally - I find other peoples interpretaions of different bells or rings, very interesting and often quite amusing. I would feel disappointed if these opinions were left out. In comparison - Colchester's Bells of Hampshire is quite boring - only listing inscriptions, a lot of which are wrong!<BR>
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I think Chris Dalton's books on Dorset are superb and make excellent reading - a good layout and interpretation of how things stood at that point in time - roll on Part 3 & Wiltshire too!<BR>
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Matthew<BR>
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Matthew Higby & Company Ltd,<BR>
Church Bell Engineers,<BR>
Jasmine Cottage,<BR>
The Street,<BR>
Chilcompton,<BR>
Bath,<BR>
BA3 4HN.<BR>
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