<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 20/11/2003 16:35:39 GMT Standard Time, zen16073@z... writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Yes they are. Springs do not have to be coiled. The COED defines a spring<BR>
as a 'resilient device, usually of bent or coiled metal'. Certainly the<BR>
'springs' or suspension, on a DMU sprinter are curved pieces of metal.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Agreed - the arms which Andrew talks about are definately intended to be springs - rather like those used to lift clock hammers. I remember gently bouncing the tenor at Bradford on Avon on the stay and hear it chime (rather like the bell was up wrong). The toggles on the end of the springs do work in the way Andrew describes.<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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