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<DIV>In a message dated 15/11/2006 09:28:15 GMT Standard Time,
davidbryant@iSp2J8Dt6AerAm3fiPn4kiwDZXTYfa6qkKUBL_yas-eDbRR2gIiZ78t0f9ug195dFF-_nke1vKIIyJH0Xgj0xQMzXu8.yahoo.invalid writes:</DIV>
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believe both of the above have been tuned by Taylor's. The back ten <BR>at
Painswick (Abraham II) are still in their original state apart from <BR>having
the canons removed - Taylor's were not allowed to tune them when <BR>they
rehung them in 1999.<BR><BR>David<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>1979 from memory - and rightly so in my opinion. </DIV>
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<DIV>Painswick make a wonderful sound, mainly due to the good belfry acoustics
(too good actually - the bells are open to the massive spire which makes loads
of resonance). Tuning the bells would probably make them even harder to hear
than they are now.</DIV>
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<DIV>Sadly the ringing chamber acoustics are poor but they still remain one of
my favourite twelves, probably because they are a bit different - stretched old
style front end and good back end with lots of bass (good bass in the pub
opposite too!). Good growlers with a pretty uniform overall effect.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10">Matthew Higby & Company Ltd,<BR>Church Bell
Engineers,<BR>Jasmine Cottage,<BR>The Street,<BR>Chilcompton,<BR>Bath,<BR>BA3
4HN.<BR><BR>www.bell-hangers.com</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>