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<DIV>Your imagination I am afraid Jim!</DIV>
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<DIV>I make the bell:</DIV>
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<DIV>Partial Freq Error
(Compared with "Simpson")</DIV>
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<DIV>Nominal 1339 Hz (Datum
E+27)</DIV>
<DIV>Quint 1028
Hz (24 Hz sharp)</DIV>
<DIV>Tierce 855Hz (52
Hz sharp)</DIV>
<DIV>Prime 643Hz (27 Hz
flat)</DIV>
<DIV>Hum 365Hz (30
Hz sharp).</DIV>
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<DIV>A distinctly old syle bell.</DIV>
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<DIV>Figures measured by tuning fork of course :-)</DIV>
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<DIV>Matthew</DIV>
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size=2>Jimbo:</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>>I claim a first. While ringing at the 3 bell tower of StMary,
Woolnoth for<BR>>a wedding last Saturday, I broke the rope of the second
bell. The bells are<BR>>by William Eldridge and I found the sound
produced by the second bell (1672)<BR>>to be almost Simpson or was it a
figment of my imagination? Has anyone the<BR>>tuning figures for this
bell? Are there any other bells by this founder<BR>>that are hung for
ringing? (Love's guide gives the weight of the tenor at<BR>>13.5 cwt (
approx)<BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10">Matthew Higby & Company Ltd,<BR>Church Bell
Engineers,<BR>Jasmine Cottage,<BR>The Street,<BR>Chilcompton,<BR>Bath,<BR>BA3
4HN.<BR><BR>www.bell-hangers.com</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>