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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>David</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Toller Whelme: I have heard that it is to =
be=20
declared redundant but it has not yet come before the DRCUC. That said, the=
=20
Committee hasn't met since February. We next meet during Feb 2005. </FONT><=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What I am not clear about is the status of=
the=20
building. It is, apparently, not a parish church and appears to have been b=
uilt=20
as a Chapel-of-Ease to Corscombe. Talk of redundancy has been rumbling=
for=20
a number of years. At one time the people living in the nearby house expres=
sed=20
an interest in acquiring it. Indeed, there was a suggestion that they did i=
n=20
fact own it but then the Diocese stepped it and accorded the building some =
sort=20
of ecclesiastical ownership.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I shall endeavour to find out more.</FONT>=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Neil Skelton.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>P.S. I was going to respond to David's req=
uest for=20
my email address off list but I don't have his either, so here goes: <A=20
href=3D"mailto:neil.tcct@v...">neil.tcct@v...</A> &n=
bsp;=20
N</FONT></DIV>
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m:</B>=20
<A href=3D"mailto:dcawley@w..."=20
title=3Ddcawley@w...>David Cawley</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=
7:10=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] War=
ners in=20
Zanzibar</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>G</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. This looks interesting. But to what a=
rticle is=20
CZS referring ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. I want some definite information on T=
oller=20
Whelme. They want to make it redundant and of course it has a complete st=
eel=20
five in CI stocks and CI frame, all of 1864. Very interesting. I have bee=
n,=20
rung there (1,2,4,4,5!) and got a couple of photos, but never taken full=
=20
details. I gather that one does CD no good by even attempting communicati=
on.=20
So sad. I don't have Neil's email address and wonder if he might advise=20
?</FONT></DIV>
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rom:</B>=20
<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>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 01, 20=
04 9:33=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Warne=
rs in=20
Zanzibar</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>I'm sure David Cawley, who provided the Warner catal=
ogue=20
print will comment.<BR>What we now need is someone to do Church Bells o=
f=20
Zanzibar to measure all<BR>the diameters, do a tonal analysis on them a=
nd=20
locate all the displaced<BR>bells.<BR><BR>George<BR><BR><BR><BR>> Th=
anks,=20
George! Your article is very helpful. However, at the=20
risk<BR>> of belabouring the obvious, I'm going to stick my neck out=
and=20
add<BR>> some comments and speculations of my own.<BR>><BR>>=20
Warner's drawing must have been done with a bit of artistic license=20
-<BR>> the multiple rows of 5 small bells on the upper level don't=20
show<BR>> enough variation in size. (Also, the perspective is=
=20
visibly<BR>> inconsistent.) Given the inscriptions which Georg=
e has=20
recorded from<BR>> the original (not readable on the scanned image o=
n the=20
Web), this<BR>> must be an approximate depiction of what was shipped=
to=20
Zanzibar,<BR>> probably fully assembled. The arrangement appea=
rs to=20
have been 4<BR>> rows of 5 bells on the upper level, and two pairs o=
f big=20
bells with a<BR>> single slightly smaller bell on the lower level.&n=
bsp;=20
More likely, the<BR>> upper level was 5-5-5-4 while the lower was=20
2-2-2.<BR>><BR>> What we see in the belfry photo is at least thre=
e=20
levels of<BR>> bell-carrying timbers, apparently dissociated from=20
Warner's original<BR>> supporting structure, probably reduced in len=
gth=20
to fit into the<BR>> belfry, installed in a rather haphazard=20
manner. (I can't help but<BR>> wonder why no one associated wi=
th=20
the original project thought to<BR>> make sure that the bell frame w=
ould=20
fit into the tower at the<BR>> destination.)<BR>><BR>> At the=
=20
lowest level is a row of three bells, with clapper-like<BR>> interna=
l=20
chiming hammers mounted on a separate frame board,<BR>> presumably=20
original to Warner. (The rightmost hammer, however,<BR>> appea=
rs to=20
be a local replacement!) At the same level is an empty<BR>> ti=
mber,=20
approximately parallel to the first, which once held four<BR>> bells=
=20
(though three of the holes were re-drilled to change the<BR>> spacin=
g);=20
but there's no visible evidence of support for chiming<BR>> hammers =
for=20
them.<BR>><BR>> At the middle level is a row of two bells, at lea=
st=20
one of which has<BR>> its chiming hammer on a jury-rigged piece of=20
board. At the same<BR>> level is an empty timber for three bel=
ls=20
(one hole re-drilled),<BR>> clearly not parallel to the first. =
=20
Again there is no visible<BR>> evidence of support for their chiming=
=20
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=
two=20
levels below. There's no<BR>> chiming hammer visible, but poss=
ibly=20
there's an external clock hammer<BR>> mounted on the short wide plan=
k=20
atop the center of the empty<BR>> mid-level timber. There's an=
other=20
cross-timber at the same level,<BR>> but it's not clear whether it e=
ver=20
held a bell - perhaps it just<BR>> supports the edge of a small plat=
form=20
below the clockroom access<BR>> hatchway.<BR>><BR>> The perspe=
ctive=20
of the photograph makes it difficult to determine the<BR>> relative =
sizes=20
of the different levels of bells. But from their<BR>> arrangem=
ent I=20
would guess that the largest is at the top (as an hour<BR>> bell) wh=
ile=20
the three smallest are at the bottom. These three must<BR>> ha=
ve=20
come from the upper level of the original frame, leaving at most<BR>>=
;=20
three 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>=
>=20
original 25 (though these five may now be connected to the lowest<BR>&g=
t;=20
five positions on the chiming machine).<BR>><BR>> The irregular b=
lack=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>> acc=
ess=20
to the clock must be awkward, to say the least!)<BR>><BR>> =
From=20
the photo of the cathedral, the belfry (below the clock faces)<BR>>=
=20
appears to have two levels of three lancet openings on each side.<BR>&g=
t;=20
That matches what we can see in the belfry photo, so it seems<BR>>=20
unlikely that there were any additional levels of bells that we=20
can't<BR>> see. There could have been one, now entirely empty,=
at=20
about the<BR>> height of the photographer's shoulders above the belf=
ry=20
floor; and<BR>> there could have been an additional bell timber one =
or=20
both of the<BR>> two lower levels against the wall which is just out=
of=20
the picture at<BR>> the top. But that's pure=20
speculation.<BR>><BR>> What we can say (as George has summarized)=
is=20
that there is clear<BR>> evidence that at least 13 bells were hung i=
n the=20
tower at one time,<BR>> and that only six currently remain. I'=
m=20
tempted to be disappointed<BR>> not to have more photos, especially =
of=20
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=
my=20
interpretation of<BR>> the evidence, particularly details from CJP's=
=20
index of Warner's work.<BR>><BR>>=20
CSZ<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Yahoo! Groups=20
Links<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR><BR></=
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