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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I wrote the 1978 article. I was pressed to=
do so=20
for reasons which appear in the first paragraph. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A more authoritative one (by DrL and mysel=
f) is to=20
be found on Dickon's site. See <A=20
href=3D"http://london.lovesguide.com/dunstan-in-the-east.htm">http://london=
.lovesguide.com/dunstan-in-the-east.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It includes a couple of accounts of the be=
lls, one=20
by RCO (he will forgive me for saying it's a bit OTT) and one by Jim Hedgco=
ck=20
(who will not forgive me for observing that he typically dumbs them down).=
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Still, we're all entitled to our own opinions, and mine is nearer to Richar=
d=20
than to JH, unsuprisingly!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There is another and very excellent and ba=
lanced=20
account coming to the site from John Pladdys, who was as involved with thes=
e=20
bells as I was. That one gets ten out of ten from me. I understand that wit=
h it=20
there will be put up a digitally repaired recording of the sound of these b=
ells=20
(originally done on a portable reel-to-reel recorder and therefore, even=20
repaired, is not to be compared with the real thing).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>One point about the bells at Calistoga, fo=
ur were=20
hung in one tower (1,3,5 and 8, i.e. new 1, old 2, old 4 and old 7) fo=
r=20
slow swinging; the others were hung in pairs 'dead' in the other towers (i=
.e.=20
new 2, old 3 (4), new 6 and old 6 (7).</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:alan.bagworth97@b..."=20
title=3Dalan.bagworth97@b...>aembagworth</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> Sunday, August 08, 2004 11:3=
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AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] St Duns=
tan's=20
in the East</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>The details of the original bells, and of the rejigged=
ring=20
<BR>undertaken in 1972, were reported in the RW 20/2/1978. The Spanish=20
<BR>style Sterling vineyard is located at the north end of the Napa <BR>V=
alley=20
in California. It is unusual in that it is reached by cable <BR>car. When=
I=20
saw the bells in 2000 they were hung for slow swinging in <BR>3 separate=
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towers and were open to the elements.<BR><BR>AEMB<BR><BR></TT><BR></BODY>=
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