------=_NextPart_000_017D_01C5446B.44B306E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [Sounds a bit like a crib from the Poole entry in The Bells & Belfries of Dorset Part II to me! C D] It was your book which highlighted that Poole were one of these rings, but = no more than that - I haven't looked at the book for months! >From other bells by the Downham Market founders it's clear that their produ= cts are variable. I rang on the Osborn ring at Timberland (Lincs) on Saturd= ay - very acceptable as a ring, but didn't have time to carefully listen to= each bell on its own. I've not heard so many bells by Dobson, but despite = his generally good reputation I can think of at least one pretty awful bell= of his which I have heard. David ------=_NextPart_000_017D_01C5446B.44B306E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable