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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Love 'em or hate 'em, they represent the limits of
knowledge and technology at the time - and St.Paul's shouldn't be judged by
modern standards. Compare them with other Taylor work of the 1870s and that
of other firms at the time it's hardly fair to say that Taylors made a big
mistake. And even if they compromised on Grimthorpe's instructions, they can't
have ignored them entirely. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Only really wanting to suggest some balance here -
to redress the rather extreme views expressed so far. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Re: St
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<P>"If a mistake was made at St Paul's, it was by Lord Grimthorpe who
<BR>designed the ring!"<BR><BR>But he didn't! He wanted Taylor's to cast them
on a thick scale, like the<BR>old Worcester ring, but they went ahead and cast
them to what we would now<BR>consider to be sensible proportions - with a
tenor of 3 tons in Bb. There<BR>was some dispute between Grimthorpe and the
Taylors as a result.<BR><BR>David <BR><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>