------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C5AD8D.F466D0E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I had a look at the interesting ring of twelve at Midsomer Norton on Sunday= . These were a ring of eight by local founders (Bilbie and Roger Purdue), r= ehung by Taylor's in the 1950s (I think) in a cast iron lowside frame with = cast iron headstocks, Hastings stays, etc. In 1976, the bells were augmented to 12 using the installation from St Mark= 's, Lyncombe, Bath (which still stands as a community centre - the tower ca= n be seen from the train immediately to the south of Bath station). The ins= tallation at St Mark's was a complete job by Taylor's 1894; a ring of six w= ith a tenor of 10 cwt, with cast iron lowside frame and cast iron headstock= s. When the Midsomer Norton bells were augmented, a new grillage of RSJs was b= uilt beneath the existing frame, and four pits constructed using seven of t= he eight framesides from St Mark's. The four new trebles were cast by White= chapel from the metal of the ring of six, all of which were scrapped.. The = lower frame contains bells 1,2,5 and 8, with the remainder being in the 8-b= ell frame above. The bells in the upper frame have Hastings stays, while th= ose below have traditional stays and sliders. With the exception of the clappers, the fittings to the four trebles are al= so from St Mark's. The headstocks (with new gudgeons and bearings) are from= the front four of the six. The wheels of the treble, 3rd and 4th are from = the respective bells in the six, but that on the 2nd appears, so far as I c= ould tell, to be from the 5th. With it being a ring of 12, the trebles are = hung out further than would have been the case with the six, and thick timb= er blocks are fitted between bells and headstocks. David ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01C5AD8D.F466D0E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I had a look at the interesting ring = of twelve=20 at Midsomer Norton on Sunday. These were a ring of eight by local founders= =20 (Bilbie and Roger Purdue), rehung by Taylor's in the 1950s (I think) in a c= ast=20 iron lowside frame with cast iron headstocks, Hastings stays, etc.
 
In 1976, the bells were augmented to 12 us= ing the=20 installation from St Mark's, Lyncombe, Bath (which still stands as a commun= ity=20 centre - the tower can be seen from the train immediately to the south of B= ath=20 station). The installation at St Mark's was a complete job by Taylor's 1894= ; a=20 ring of six with a tenor of 10 cwt, with cast iron lowside frame and cast i= ron=20 headstocks.
 
When the Midsomer Norton bells were augmen= ted, a=20 new grillage of RSJs was built beneath the existing frame, and four pits=20 constructed using seven of the eight framesides from St Mark's. The four ne= w=20 trebles were cast by Whitechapel from the metal of the ring of six, all of = which=20 were scrapped.. The lower frame contains bells 1,2,5 and 8, with the remain= der=20 being in the 8-bell frame above. The bells in the upper frame have Hastings= =20 stays, while those below have traditional stays and sliders.
 
With the exception of the clappers, the fi= ttings to=20 the four trebles are also from St Mark's. The headstocks (with new gudgeons= and=20 bearings) are from the front four of the six. The wheels of the treble, 3rd= and=20 4th are from the respective bells in the six, but that on the 2nd appears, = so=20 far as I could tell, to be from the 5th. With it being a ring of 12, the tr= ebles=20 are hung out further than would have been the case with the six, and thick= =20 timber blocks are fitted between bells and headstocks.
 
David
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