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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. This looks interesting. But to what art=
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CZS referring ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. I want some definite information on Tol=
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Whelme. They want to make it redundant and of course it has a complete stee=
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five in CI stocks and CI frame, all of 1864. Very interesting. I have been,=
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there (1,2,4,4,5!) and got a couple of photos, but never taken full details=
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gather that one does CD no good by even attempting communication. So sad. I=
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don't have Neil's email address and wonder if he might advise ?</FONT></DIV=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:George@d..."=20
title=3DGeorge@d...>George Dawson</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> Wednesday, December 01, 2004=
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AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Warners=
in=20
Zanzibar</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>I'm sure David Cawley, who provided the Warner catalog=
ue=20
print will comment.<BR>What we now need is someone to do Church Bells of=
=20
Zanzibar to measure all<BR>the diameters, do a tonal analysis on them and=
=20
locate all the displaced<BR>bells.<BR><BR>George<BR><BR><BR><BR>> Than=
ks,=20
George! Your article is very helpful. However, at the risk<BR=
>>=20
of belabouring the obvious, I'm going to stick my neck out and add<BR>>=
;=20
some comments and speculations of my own.<BR>><BR>> Warner's drawin=
g=20
must have been done with a bit of artistic license -<BR>> the multiple=
rows=20
of 5 small bells on the upper level don't show<BR>> enough variation i=
n=20
size. (Also, the perspective is visibly<BR>> inconsistent.) =
;=20
Given the inscriptions which George has recorded from<BR>> the origina=
l=20
(not readable on the scanned image on the Web), this<BR>> must be an=20
approximate depiction of what was shipped to Zanzibar,<BR>> probably f=
ully=20
assembled. The arrangement appears to have been 4<BR>> rows of 5=
=20
bells on the upper level, and two pairs of big bells with a<BR>> singl=
e=20
slightly smaller bell on the lower level. More likely, the<BR>> =
upper=20
level was 5-5-5-4 while the lower was 2-2-2.<BR>><BR>> What we see =
in=20
the belfry photo is at least three levels of<BR>> bell-carrying timber=
s,=20
apparently dissociated from Warner's original<BR>> supporting structur=
e,=20
probably reduced in length to fit into the<BR>> belfry, installed in a=
=20
rather haphazard manner. (I can't help but<BR>> wonder why no on=
e=20
associated with the original project thought to<BR>> make sure that th=
e=20
bell frame would fit into the tower at the<BR>>=20
destination.)<BR>><BR>> At the lowest level is a row of three bells=
,=20
with clapper-like<BR>> internal chiming hammers mounted on a separate =
frame=20
board,<BR>> presumably original to Warner. (The rightmost hammer=
,=20
however,<BR>> appears to be a local replacement!) At the same le=
vel=20
is an empty<BR>> timber, approximately parallel to the first, which on=
ce=20
held four<BR>> bells (though three of the holes were re-drilled to cha=
nge=20
the<BR>> spacing); but there's no visible evidence of support for=20
chiming<BR>> hammers for them.<BR>><BR>> At the middle level is =
a row=20
of two bells, at least one of which has<BR>> its chiming hammer on a=20
jury-rigged piece of board. At the same<BR>> level is an empty t=
imber=20
for three bells (one hole re-drilled),<BR>> clearly not parallel to th=
e=20
first. Again there is no visible<BR>> evidence of support for th=
eir=20
chiming hammers.<BR>><BR>> At the top level is a single bell, hung=
=20
approximately in the center<BR>> of a timber that's crossways to the t=
wo=20
levels below. There's no<BR>> chiming hammer visible, but possib=
ly=20
there's an external clock hammer<BR>> mounted on the short wide plank =
atop=20
the center of the empty<BR>> mid-level timber. There's another=20
cross-timber at the same level,<BR>> but it's not clear whether it eve=
r=20
held a bell - perhaps it just<BR>> supports the edge of a small platfo=
rm=20
below the clockroom access<BR>> hatchway.<BR>><BR>> The perspect=
ive=20
of the photograph makes it difficult to determine the<BR>> relative si=
zes=20
of the different levels of bells. But from their<BR>> arrangemen=
t I=20
would guess that the largest is at the top (as an hour<BR>> bell) whil=
e the=20
three smallest are at the bottom. These three must<BR>> have com=
e=20
from the upper level of the original frame, leaving at most<BR>> three=
=20
which could have come from the lower level of the original<BR>>=20
frame. If so, then we're not seeing the "largest five" of the<BR>&g=
t;=20
original 25 (though these five may now be connected to the lowest<BR>>=
five=20
positions on the chiming machine).<BR>><BR>> The irregular black=20
splotches on the ceiling are probably oil residue<BR>> from years of=20
over-enthusiastic oiling of the clock in the chamber<BR>> above the=20
belfry. (From what is or isn't visible in the belfry,<BR>> acces=
s to=20
the clock must be awkward, to say the least!)<BR>><BR>> From =
the=20
photo of the cathedral, the belfry (below the clock faces)<BR>> appear=
s to=20
have two levels of three lancet openings on each side.<BR>> That match=
es=20
what we can see in the belfry photo, so it seems<BR>> unlikely that th=
ere=20
were any additional levels of bells that we can't<BR>> see. Ther=
e=20
could have been one, now entirely empty, at about the<BR>> height of t=
he=20
photographer's shoulders above the belfry floor; and<BR>> there could =
have=20
been an additional bell timber one or both of the<BR>> two lower level=
s=20
against the wall which is just out of the picture at<BR>> the top.&nbs=
p;=20
But that's pure speculation.<BR>><BR>> What we can say (as George h=
as=20
summarized) is that there is clear<BR>> evidence that at least 13 bell=
s=20
were hung in the tower at one time,<BR>> and that only six currently=20
remain. I'm tempted to be disappointed<BR>> not to have more pho=
tos,=20
especially of the chiming machine; but I'm<BR>> delighted to have this=
much=20
information. So thanks for putting it<BR>> all together,=20
George!<BR>><BR>> I would welcome any additions or corrections to m=
y=20
interpretation of<BR>> the evidence, particularly details from CJP's i=
ndex=20
of Warner's work.<BR>><BR>> CSZ<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>=
>=20
Yahoo! Groups=20
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