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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The debate about Woodchurch's tenor weight=
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interesting and it would useful to know the answer. One of the possibilitie=
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that which happened to the extra treble at Evesham. Its tuned weight w=
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given to me as 4-3-18; and indeed it was that weight. However, it is now 4-=
3-16,=20
because subsequently holes were drilled in its crown for the=20
bolts to hold it to the headstock.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This does beg the question about bells tha=
t are not=20
fitted up to headstocks by the bellfounders, but are provided=20
undrilled(?) by the bellfounders to the independant bellhangers, =
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them to fit their own headstocks. If these bells are weighed by the fo=
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but are undrilled on consignment, are they weighed after drilling by t=
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bellhangers?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andrew Higson's recent list did throw up a=
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differences in weights between the published and the actual. Evesham's teno=
r was=20
one. It has always been 35-3-20, but it's actually 35-2-20 according to the=
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foundry day book. Interestingly, though, 35-3-20 is written above=
the=20
proper weight in now-faded pencil! I do not suggest the reason for=20
this is anything to do with bell bolt holes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris Povey</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>