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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And very little room around them as they a=
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the clapper flight! Even with the extended flight on, the clapper doesn't h=
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the bell very hard and took an age to bed in and regain the volume that the=
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first long flighted clapper had (if yet)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andrew</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=3Dmichael@i...=20
href=3D"mailto:michael@i...">Michael Wilby</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 10, 2004 9:2=
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AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Tre=
bles on=20
higher numbers</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>> I understand that the treble at the Bullring is=20
measurably quieter <BR>than the 2nd because it is thicker and therefore t=
here=20
isn't as much <BR>clapper throw. The clappers in the front four here were=
, I=20
believe, <BR>replaced with heavier ones soon after the bells were=20
installed.<BR><BR>One of the problems with that bell is the internal prof=
ile -=20
almost <BR>an "L" shape - with the clapper hitting just beneath the=20
corner. <BR>There isn't much space for the clapper throw, and the=20
trebles now <BR>have clappers with extended=20
flights.<BR><BR>M.<BR><BR></TT><BR></BODY></HTML>