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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=220364708-22102007>John
Greenhough in:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=220364708-22102007><A
href="http://www.geocities.com/jogreenh/mancbells.pdf">http://www.geocities.com/jogreenh/mancbells.pdf</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=220364708-22102007>discusses this bell. Without a photo it is difficult to
comment, but Kamp may be an abbreviation for Kampen in the Netherlands &
thus the bell may be from there. According to Lehrs Art of the Carillon in
the Low Countries there certainly were founders at Kampen.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=220364708-22102007>George</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Carl S Zimmerman<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 18, 2007 5:47
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Bell Historians List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians]
Unidentified bellfounder<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P>I received the following inquiry from someone in England. I cannot
<BR>answer it based on the resources available to me. Can anyone else
<BR>provide an answer?<BR><BR>Carl<BR><BR>---begin forwarded
text---<BR><BR>>I am trying to find the origin of a bell found in 1960
hidden away <BR>>in an old hall. This bell is c 14" and carries the
following <BR>>wording, much is missing but your knowledge may put some
light onto <BR>>where or by whom it was made.<BR>><BR>> M_HORNC_A_S_
E_R_KAMP<BR>><BR>>The bell, today, is mounted on a mission hall near
Manchester <BR>>England and not accessible for further research at this
time. Local <BR>>enthusiasts believe it of European
manufacture.<BR><BR>---end forwarded text---<BR><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>