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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Chris Pickford=20
[mailto:c.j.pickford@t...]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 29 October 2003=20
01:09<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:=
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[Bell Historians] heavy tenors<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wasn't doubting the source or the weight=
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suggesting that 27-2-13 may not have been a very accurate weighing by mod=
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standards / comparable with the present weight of the bell. It woul=
d be=20
interesting to know what it weighed when M&S received it for tuning i=
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1960.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good to have full details of the contrac=
t etc,=20
though - thanks, Anne</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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Willis] There's also a contract with William Bilbie in 1781, =
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real thing, not just a copy, signed <SPAN=20
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color=3D#000000>Will<SUP>m</SUP> Bilbie. I have a photo, but it's=
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very good, and I don't think it would scan=20
well.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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