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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Not E&S, David</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Taylor's rehung these in 1988. They were h=
ung for=20
ringing prior to that, but judging by the state of the fittings not for the=
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previous hundred years or more! The frame is a short headed king post type =
with=20
straight diagonal braces. The bells were rehung with trigger type clappers =
on a=20
continuous hardwood headstock spanning all 3 pits.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bell details:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1) 28.75", founder unknown, 1618, 3-3-8=20
(inscription reads FILY DEI MISERRERE MEI 1618 if that gives a=20
clue)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2) 32.25, J Warner, 1876, 5-3-27</FONT></D=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3) 36.5, J de Stafforde, ca 1370, 9-0-22 n=
ote 870Hz=20
A</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The tenor is an exceptionally fine bell. I=
ts shape=20
would not be out of place in modern practice. The founder also knew a bit a=
bout=20
harmonics and what part of the bell to thicken to affect them. The inside=20
shoulder had been obviously thickened up to raise the fundamental, conseque=
ntly=20
the bell was very nearly harmonically tuned when it came in:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>222/446/553/634/920</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It was tuned down to:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>217/435/527/624/870</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and sounds fabulous, in stark contrast to =
its=20
neighbour!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andrew</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>