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<DIV><BR><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In this connection (Dave, I hope you d=
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me responding to your <BR>private email in public) the retuning of York St.=
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Olave in 1916 is of <BR>interest. You said that these bells had been tuned=
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externally in the <BR>region of the soundbow, this would most likely affect=
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tuning of <BR>the tierce relative to the nominal. Consulting Taylor's recor=
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<BR>course would give a definitive answer to why this was done.<BR></FONT><=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I had a look at the figures at JT today. I=
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not say where the tuning cuts took place but ADH looked at the figures &=
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thought there was a possibility of it taking place outside in the ligh=
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what happened to the fundamental compared with the nominal. A careful look =
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the bells themselves might give more indication of external cuts.</FONT></D=
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