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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>You will find that a good number of Europe=
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founders cast bells with canons as a matter of course; and they also cast b=
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without them. Many quite modern carillon installations have all but the sma=
llest=20
bells cast with canons. Looking at Cornille-Havard's little brochure and=20
comparing it with 1980's ones by P&F, Royal Eijsbouts and Paccard, ther=
e is=20
plenty of evidence for the continued use of canons, which are used as an el=
ement=20
in determining the hang of the bell. In its turn this affects the mode of=20
clappering - what we call "right side" (right in the sense of correct) is b=
y no=20
means European policy, bells being frequently hung with a deliberate 'falli=
ng'=20
clapper. It would be quite possible to achieve this with a thick pad betwee=
n a=20
flat crown and the headstock, but it seems that there is a preference from=
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both customers and founders for the provision of canons. One has to=20
remember too that all these founders produce their bells by making a full-s=
cale=20
clay model, complete with decoration and canons if required, built on top o=
f the=20
core, and the cope takes up all this detail. The clay bell is only broken o=
ut=20
after everything has been dried, leaving the space to cast the bell with or=
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without canons. All the more credit therefore to English bellfounders=
, who=20
can produce superbly decorated and tonally superior bells in the way=20
familiar to us all - without canons as a rule but with one sort or=20
another when required.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:fartwell2000@y..." title=3Dfartwell2000@y...>=
Alan=20
J.Birney</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com"=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 15, 2004 3:37=
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PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] canons=
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etc</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>I am fascinated by the thread on canons and canon reta=
ining=20
<BR>headstocks and I am sorry that I dont have more to offer, but a <BR>c=
ouple=20
of posts got me thinking.<BR>On most of (if not all) the Italian bells=20
(including modern bells)I <BR>have seen via the internet, canons are=20
present.<BR>Are these for decoration, or is there some advantage to havin=
g=20
them <BR>that we are missing?<BR> And what of button top (or=
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flange top bells)- what was the purpose <BR>of=20
these?<BR><BR>Alan<BR><BR></TT><BR></BODY></HTML>