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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Re Great
Abel:-</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">GAD
wrote: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">It got
recast!!<O></O></SPAN></EM></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Yes it was.
The first Great A</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">bel,
cast in 1877 weighing 6-9-0-0, was 7'-5" in diameter. It cracked soon after
installation, probably due to an over-heavy hammer. The present
hour hammer is a mighty thing. It may well be the
culprit!</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">The second
(and present) Great Abel was cast at 11.00am on July 12th 1882. It was made
thicker and given a slightly larger diameter. That diameter is <FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000000 size=3>7'-7½".</FONT></FONT> Its
weight, measured at the foundry, is 8-2-3-0. Does anyone know how the
extra 3lb came about? All this information comes from Taylors work sheet
for the original MTH bells and Great Abel II.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Of interest
to you, Bill, will be a record of the notes of what I assume is Great
Abel, as measured by Taylors on Sept 26th 1898</SPAN></P>
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Hum
Fund
Tierce
Quint Nom</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">A
107
200
249
303 413.5</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">G
97 183
226
290
379</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Why frequencies for two notes are
given, I don't know. I suspected Andrew H would reply on the
Great Abel subject, but he is probably busy. Perhaps he can answer
the questions from above at some time: whether the work
sheet frequencies are Great Abel's; and why two sets of
frequencies are recorded.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Although
Great Abel is hung dead, it retains its clapper from the time it could be
swung. </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Chris
Povey
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
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href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A>
[mailto:bellhistori<WBR>ans@yahoogroups.<WBR>com] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>jimhedgcock<BR><B>Sent:</B> 28 January 2008 09:30<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Bell Historians] Re: Diameters of notable bells<O></O></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P>--- In <A
href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A>,
"Bill Hibbert" <bill@...> wrote:<BR>><BR>> Does anyone know the
diameters of the following bells? I have failed <BR>to <BR>> find them
despite looking in numerous places. I> Great Abel at <BR>Manchester Town
Hall<BR>>> <BR>> Bill H<BR><BR>RW diary gives a weight of 8-2-3-3
cast JT 1882<BR>An Architectural and General Description of The Town Hall
Manchester <BR>1878 gives a weight of 6-9-0-0 diameter 7 feet 5 inches.<BR>Any
ideas about the discrepancy?<BR>><O></O></P></DIV>
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