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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Replied to this earlier but message never
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<DIV>Pretty sure that the score on the ones you mention is:</DIV>
<DIV>Ashton - yes, almost certainly retuned</DIV>
<DIV>Oxford - not retuned, so far as I know</DIV>
<DIV>Chelsea - not retuned when rehung in c.1893, nor since</DIV>
<DIV>Leeds (Kent) - no significant retuning, although Alf Bowell may have made
some minor adjustments</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheltenham (certainly as a ten) and All Saints Worcester (the back ten,
although several dates and now retuned) are fairly good examples -
reasonably intact. Wrexham (retuned) too. Agree Soham as suggested by Sue
Marsden. Also Stonham Aspal. Bromsgrove if you want something (er, trying to
avoid being rude) a little different</DIV>
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<DIV>Just a few hasty thoughts on this</DIV>
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<DIV>CP<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Old peals of
ten and twelve</DIV>
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<P>After being away from it for too long, I have now resumed work on my
<BR>bell acoustics investigations. As part of this I am interested in old
<BR>peals of ten and twelve (pre 1850-ish) which were substantially all
<BR>provided as a set, where the trebles still survive and have not been
<BR>retuned.<BR><BR>For twelves, I have recorded Painswick and Mancroft. As
regards other <BR>twelves, I have some questions:<BR>* were Ashton under Lyne
retuned in 1927?<BR>* were Oxford retuned in 1952?<BR>Are there any other
twelves I should consider? (I can't find any more <BR>on Michael Wilby's
list).<BR><BR>As regards tens, I know of St Luke's Chelsea. Have Leeds (Kent)
been <BR>tuned? (the only candidate I can find on Kent bells). Are there any
<BR>other lists I should look at? Does anyone know of other untuned old
<BR>tens?<BR><BR>Many thanks,<BR><BR>Bill H<BR><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>