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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hear, hear, Richard. And especially as regards
English bells which, remember, are cast in a different way - and often with a
different metal ratio - to some continental products.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And, of course, using the English foundries means
that you </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>can get the three best: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Taylor</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whitechapel</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gillett & Johnston (profiles & tuning
available from either)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also observed a "Blews profile" pair of bells
specially made to augment one such ring; though I cannot imagine that the
founders would advise or the customer require these in the general run of
things.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The correspondent has also preumably visited the
Keltek Trust site?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 04, 2006 12:34
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Re: Who casts
the best bells?</DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial> I don't consider your comment at all biased
Andrew.<SPAN> </SPAN>You have every justification for your love of
the tone of <ST1><ST1>Taylor</ST1></ST1> bells, you have some magnificent
examples in your area.<SPAN> </SPAN><O></O></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>As I've said on many occasions before, as
long as you, and others, are willing to acknowledge that other contractors
can, and do, produce bells of equally fine quality, then personal preference
is perfectly acceptable.<O></O></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>But that doesn't help our friend to find a
bell founder for his bell.<SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><O><FONT face=Arial></FONT></O></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>Now I <EM>will </EM>show bias, patriotic
bias, and say that without a doubt, for the finest bells in the world, he
should use either of our British foundries ...having heard the work of a good
number of other founders in my travels around the world, I genuinely mean
that!<SPAN> </SPAN>He will get good service and a top quality
product that sounds superb.<O></O></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>Richard</FONT></P></BODY></HTML>