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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Writtle old tenor M & S 1916 47 3/4 inches,
18-2-14</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 16, 2008 5:01
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Bell frame
for sale (of no practical use)</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So will these “quite
a few people” be prepared to teach the locals to ring on an 18 cwt ring of
six, or are they just after somewhere more interesting for their peals and
quarters? Perhaps, then, the best plan would be to weld the existing tenor (I
doubt if the Reverend Doctor has considered this) and leave them as a
five?<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I suspect that the
ex-Writtle tenor, which I now find was recast by Mears & Stainbank in
1917, will be somewhat larger in diameter than the existing Horton tenor,
which is 44 ˝ inches according to Bliss & Sharp. No doubt someone will be
able to shoehorn a heavy six into the tower, but so far as I am aware no
professional hanger or founder has inspected the tower or analysed the bells,
so I would suspect that the feasibility of the proposed project is for the
moment an matter of pure speculation.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<ST1><ST1>Bell</ST1></ST1> frame for sale (of no practical
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Have
spoken to quite a few people about this, and the general <BR>consensus is that
they don't want ANOTHER 10cwt 6. There's far too <BR>many of them around as it
is, why have another? I count 7 c10 cwt in <BR>the branch, what excuse is
there for another? Why not have an easy <BR>going heavier ring (Yate are very
tough)...<BR><BR><BR><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><!--End group email -->
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