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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some of this seems to be from an off-list exchange;
or did I again miss it?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gosh there are some howlers in these remarks about
Eastry, not least of which is the remark about the replacement of "the old
cracked fourth". It was the cracked third which was replaced. The fourth isn't
cracked. The old third was found to be cracked by Taylors in 1934. In 1967 they
put the bells on ball-bearings, noting again the crack. The bell was replaced in
1975 after quite an extended correspondence between Alan Berry, Nick Davies,
myself, the DAC and the parish (and Taylors). The foundry's philistine option of
recasting one of only four bells by Henry Wilnar of Borden gave way to
replacement. The bell was given as a memorial and hung on the Bowell fittings of
its predecessor. The odd thing is that JT&Co, when estimating for
recasting, slagged off the welding option, amongst other things, because
the cracked bell was "deficient in weight and thickness". And the new bell is 2
1/2" inches <EM>SMALLER </EM>and no doubt around 2-cwt lighter than the
"deficient" bell!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>True they are not a well-tuned five, the two Taylor
bells (treble & new 3rd) being as much as 19# and 21# in respect of the
tenor. <EM>Neither</EM> is an old style bell (as has been said of the new 3rd)
and I will produce statements in support of that in my next
posting. But they sound impressive enough if not inspiring, not least
when you ring the tenor through a peal as I did on June 1st 1968. The St Simon's
was <EM>not </EM>fun.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DLC </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:02
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Eastry
Sanctus Bell</DIV>
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<P>> 1975-wasn't it around that time that a London Company tuned a <BR>>
light eight in Kent into dustbins, that had to be replaced by a <BR>> fine
Taylor eight in the 1990's?<BR>> <BR>> Alan<BR><BR>Now don't get me
started...<BR><BR>> Ha ha!<BR><BR>:) ... ie the rest TIC ...<BR><BR>>
Quite true. In fairness, they [Tunstall] were a very uninspiring
eight<BR>before <BR>> tuning commenced<BR><BR>Uninspiring
possibly...<BR><BR>> and were even worse after! <BR><BR>Offensive to listen
too ... possibly (I have the digitised recordings).<BR><BR>> Eastry were
never a well tuned five and sounded even worse after the<BR>> old, cracked
fourth was replaced!<BR><BR>Fives are supposed to sound awful. That said, I
never rang (or have<BR>never rung) on them. They are on my
list...<BR><BR>DrL<BR><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>