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class=3D434023908-11082004>>Removing metal from the outside could defa=
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inscriptions etc. which, I assume, is the main reason why tuning is effec=
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nowadays by removal from the inside >only.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3D434023908-11082004><FONT color=3D#000000>Its also harder to do an=
d keep a=20
decent shape, and there is the added disadvantage of having to pick the b=
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up to sound it each time.</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D434023908-11082004>>But there must be many examples of be=
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where the external diameter has been reduced at the rim to=
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correct tonal errors.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D434023908-11082004>The onl=
y ones I=20
have done were the old bells from Norton Canes which went to Branston (19=
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Barwell). Machining the external soundbow flattens the hum whilst sharpen=
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the fundamental and nominal, which is the sort of thing that you would wa=
nt to=20
do with a Victorian bell generally speaking. The bottom set of wires were=
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removed, but we didn't go as high as the next set.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D434023908-11082004>Andrew</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>=
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