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BACK=3D"#ffffff">Ages ago I gleaned a formula used to calculate the han=
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bell - i.e. from the axis of rotation (gudgeon line) to the lip of=20
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<DIV><BR>Mmmm - try again Andrew! Your theory means the bells would=
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hung rather a long way out from their headstocks!<BR><BR>Matthew</FONT>=20
<BR><SPAN class=3D105250517-27012004><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>[Andr=
ew=20
Aspland] So is it +12" instead? I was told that a 2'6" would h=
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level with the gudgeons (neither tucked up nor hung out) but since I don'=
t=20
know the height of such a bell I need more=20
info. </FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN class=3D105250517-27012004><FONT=20
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D105250517-27012004><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>OK a=
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would be</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D105250517-27012004><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Hang=
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13</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D105250517-27012004><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>base=
d on a bit=20
of regression analysis of Ossett bells but is that=20
typical?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D105250517-27012004><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>I wo=
uld have=20
thought on a list so knowledgable I would not have had to resort to=20
guessing games. My questions were asked because I would like t=
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have a means of working out what bells will fit in an existing frame=
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I thought somone on the list could have given me a constructive=20
answer!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=3D2>Andrew</FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
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