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If a bell is missing the leather washers, what, and how serious are the
problems is it likely to cause?
[Andrew Aspland] The leather washer gives something to tighten the clapper
against - so S J Ivin will be able to get a castellation to line up with the
hole. Without such a washer the tendency is to overtighten the clapper and
the crown staple can end up doing some of the work of bolting the bell to
its headstock and this is a cause of crown staple pins breaking. Leather
does shrink and decay but shouldn't be a problem if you are doing annual
checks and are prepared to replace some.
At Leeds we have had some problems with the "leather" between the headstock
and the bell decaying. We have used that hard red fibrous board to replace
them - not an easy task on a large bell! Taylors sold us some sheets of
it - can't remember the price though!
Andrew
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