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<DIV><BR>[It is, of course, all part of the fact that modern bellhangers=20
dislike<BR>canons, and try to force them onto metal stocks which they weren=
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designed<BR>for. Certainly a resin pad of the kind I am describing is=
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unacceptable<BR>mutilation of an old bell, visually as well as tonally.&nbs=
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Also, how do you<BR>get them off when you need to? C D]<BR><BR><FONT=
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face=3DArial size=3D2>Are we leading the way or following the devices and d=
esires of=20
bellringers? I would suggest the latter. It is more expensive to make a woo=
den=20
headstock - big downside for the C of E and I would say that there is a=20
misconception that the bells will go better on a canon retaining cast iron =
(or=20
fabricated) headstocks. Not necessarily so in my experience, especially wit=
h=20
long waisted bells.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>With reference to removing pads - we check=
ed that=20
this could be done before going down this route of hanging. The resin was=20
sufficiently brittle to break up nicely when smote with a hammer and c=
hisel=20
(taking care not to take a canon or two out at the same time). There may we=
ll be=20
a tide line where the resin has pulled some of the verdigris off.</FONT></D=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Can't see why the pad would need to be so =
big as to=20
affect the tone of the bell. Its a waste of fairly expensive resin and ther=
e is=20
no point in mking it larger than the circle of the headstock=20
anyway.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andrew</FONT></TT></DIV><!-- |**|end egp h=
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